Lay societal perspectives on health lie at the intersection of discourse, the socio-cultural context and the subjective experience. Thus, an analysis of lay knowledge is vital for understanding societal perspectives on the role of social determinants on health outcomes. Such an analysis also provides insight into societal understandings and experiences of the manner in which power, macro and micro-level politics, and governance intersect to provide different causal pathways for resource access to prevent illnesses, or if an illness is present, to determine what resources are available to people to respond to the illness. Awareness and accessibility to resources can, therefore, result in different health outcomes for different groups of people.