Clinicians have long recognized the role that social determinants play in the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Poverty, low educational attainment, unsafe or unstable housing, ...

Panelists discuss how factors like poverty, unstable housing, limited education, and lack of access to health care contribute ...

Len M. Nichols ([email protected]) is director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and a professor of health policy at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lauren A. Taylor ...

Social determinants of health are social and environmental conditions that affect our “health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks” (Healthy People 2030). Watch this video below for an ...

Nurses 'have a really important role in improving health equity and addressing societal factors,' AONL conference speaker says. Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients' social ...

Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health. Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD ...

The playing field isn’t level. Circumstances — often beyond your control — influence your survival odds from the time you’re born. Neighborhood, income, education, discrimination and environment all ...

A realist review methodology was used that is outlined in full in Appendix 1 (available at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1503/cmaj.160177/-/DC1). Broadly, multiple ...

Social determinants of health are the conditions in which we live that can affect our health, happiness and quality of life. It’s estimated that social determinants influence up to 80% of ...

We live in a much healthier world today. In the 20th century alone, life expectancy increased by 30 years as a result of major discoveries and improvements in public health, such as vaccination, ...