Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the life and environmental conditions that people experience in their daily lives ...

Money and love are the primary social determinants of health, according to our newly published research. Although not the focus of our healthcare system, they may play an important role in our health.

How does integrating social and structural factors into clinical neurology fundamentally change our approach to patient care ...

This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with ...

This year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focusing on human, territorial, and planetary health. The Permanent Forum is in its 22nd session. A recent report, “Indigenous ...

Across the WHO European region, liver diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer are responsible for hundreds of deaths each ...

Stark racial and ethnic disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic led to many health policy changes focused on addressing social needs and social determinants of health to improve health equity. There ...

Epidemiologists study patterns of health in populations. Throughout the pandemic, we have relied on their work to understand who is at higher risk for COVID-19 exposure, hospitalization, and death — ...

Social determinants of health are associated with colonoscopy noncompletion in a Medicaid patient population at the Providence Community Health Centers. Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...

The “social determinants of health” is a fancy way of describing a simple idea: that a person’s health is influenced not just by what they eat or do but also by social factors. whether a child or ...