http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/21/2/291.pdf

This paper describes how social conditions influence health and the behavior across the life cycle and what emerges from reading is an articulation of five common themes, by more than 100 researchers, relating to the central importance of social conditions in shaping the health of the public: (1) a population perspective on health determinants, (2) the complex interactions among multiple levels of influence, (3) the social context that shapes behavior, (4) a life course and developmental perspective, and (5) identifying biological mechanisms.