Social Model of Health – Dahlgren & Whitehead
www.nwci.ie › download › pdfSocial Model of Health – Dahlgren & Whitehead Dahlgren and Whitehead (1991) talk of the layers of influence on health. They describe a social ecological theory to health. They attempt to map the relationship between the individual, their environment and disease. Individuals are at the centre with a set of fixed genes.