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result of inadequate healthy foods. Additionally, access to health services
such as clinical and preventive care including community-based health
promotion and family planning services or health facilities and technology
may reduce the risks of under-five deaths than those who had no access to
these facilities. Again, the social and community context may affect the
health outcomes of both the children and the adults. For instance, the level
of social cohesion, incarceration, family structure, perceptions about
discrimination and civic participation largely determine health-related
behaviour in all societies (Anglin et al., 2013). This follows that there is
bound to be differentiated health outcomes in a given society where
attachment to traditional and modern health care facilities are allowed to
vary by social and economic variables.

Neighbourhoo

d and built

Environment

(e.g.

environment

free of crime)

SDoH

Economic

Stability

(e.g. low

poverty rate,

employment

opportunities

)

Education

(e.g. no

formal

education,

primary,

secondary and

above

education)

Social and

Community

Context

(e.g. social

institutions)

Health and

Health

Care

(e.g. people’s

perception

about health

care facilities)

Figure 1: The conceptual framework

Source: Adapted and modified from Anglin et al. (2013)