Structural Determinants of Health

European colonisation and the 1947 Partition of India are presented as sources of intergenerational trauma. The protocol argues that racism, public policy, income inequality, housing, language barriers, colonial legacies, and unequal access to resources contribute to South Asian health inequities. The article identifies colonialism and structural violence as contributing conditions for disparities. The protocol connects health inequities to colonial and postcolonial forces including land loss, livelihood collapse, forced migration, globalisation, neoliberalism, and structural adjustment policies.