Beyond social determinants of health: an application of the Health Capability Model to rural Senegal

Marion Coste ()
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Marion Coste: Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, AMSE, and Marseille Univ., INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Économiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, Marseille, France.

No 2116, AMSE Working Papers from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

Abstract: This study investigated elements affecting the ability to achieve optimal health (health capability) in people living in the rural area of Niakhar, Senegal, using data from the 12356 ANRS AmBASS survey. A structural equation modelling (SEM) strategy was used to develop a multidimensional and dynamic health capability model (Ruger, 2010) that allowed the analysis of determinants of health to be extended beyond the usual one-way study between determinants and health status found in the literature. Three factors (dimensions) were identified: 1) access to local healthcare services, 2) participation in decisionmaking, and 3) current self-reported health status. The model analyzed interactions between these dimensions as well as the dimensions' relationships with other demographic, psychosocial and economic variables (household size and resources, age, gender, education, marital status, intrinsic motivation, etc.) Results reveal a much greater diversity of variables associated with shortfalls in the various dimensions of health capability than what would have appeared had a standard unidimensional model been used. This SEM-based strategy could be an attractive alternative to traditional approaches to measure determinants of health and provide valuable empirical results for policy-makers.

Keywords: determinants of health; capability approach; simultaneous equation model; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 I14 N37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2021-03
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