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Education Is Three Determinants of Health: Medical Literacy, Informed Choice, and Health Outcomes  

2026-04-10

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Education is classified as a social determinant of health, yet its monolithic placement hides a functional triad. If determinants act through streams, and education through three, it cannot remain one. With set-theoretic reasoning in plain prose, we show that education divides into general education (GE), health literacy (HL), and medical literacy (ML). GE shapes social opportunity; HL guides prevention; ML enable...

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10.22541/au.177437404.48601749/v4
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