Author(s)

Jeba Anika¹, Ajmain Fayak Al Nasif²

¹Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
²Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Social determinants of health are some indicating factors such as income, education, class, gender, and race that influence the socio-economic status of people living in a society. Coronavirus affects the social, economic, and also political sectors of people all over the world. In Bangladesh, during the Covid-19 pandemic, people of all ages and classes have faced social and economic crises based on the social determinants of health. Higher-class families had the facility of advanced medical services rather than the lower and lower-middle classes. This article aims to show the relationship between the social determinants of health and the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. This paper presents some secondary data to describe the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 and the functions of the social determinants of health in this case.

Social Determinants of Health, Socio-Economic Impact, Covid-19 Pandemic

Anika, J. and Nasif, A. (2022) Social Determinants of Health in Understanding the Socio-Economic Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh. Health, 14, 1299-1306. doi: 10.4236/health.2022.1412092.