ABSTRACT:

Notion of understanding & studying health seeking behaviours has evolved with the course of time, and now has become a tool for understanding how people employ the health care systems in their particular socio-cultural, economic and demographic circumstances. These behaviours actually define social position of health and provide a better understanding of the disease process. Hence it is crucial to study the impacts of all the determinants of health specially social such as ethnicity, education of the parent, gender of child, lifestyles,  economics of a community, income & employment . For building a strong responsive health system Health practitioners, managers and policy makers should reflect on social determinants while delivering services, designing health promotion interventions and developing policies which is the only way to achieve better health outcomes.

KEY WORDS:

Social Determinants of Health, Health Seeking Behaviour, Health Equity, Health, Health Care Providers, Sustainable Development Goals, Covid 19