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Social determinants of health [PDF]

Salud Pública de México, 2001
This chapter reviews differences with respect to health outcomes within and between countries, and the role of the ‘social determinants of health’—family, household, community, and societal conditions—in shaping these outcomes.
Héctor Gómez Dantés
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The Social Determinants of Health [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2011
In the United States, awareness is increasing that medical care alone cannot adequately improve health overall or reduce health disparities without also addressing where and how people live. A critical mass of relevant knowledge has accumulated, documenting associations, exploring pathways and biological mechanisms, and providing a previously ...
Susan Egerter, David R. Williams, Paula Braveman   +2 more
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Social determinants of health inequalities [PDF]

The Lancet, 2005
The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning volume of research identifies social factors at the root of much of these inequalities in health ...
Marmot, M
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Social Determinants of Health Practices [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1961
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE in 1957 initiated a broad research study on local public health practice. The purpose was to evaluate current health problems and the ways in which communities might meet them. The hope was to find improved means of providing public health services.1 This project began in the Great Plains region, selected because approximately
Gordon Macgregor
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Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions for acute childhood diarrhea: a systematic review to provide estimates for the Lives Saved Tool [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era, there is growing recognition of the responsibilities of non-health sectors in improving the health of children. Interventions to improve access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene
Nazia Darvesh, Jai K. Das, Tyler Vaivada, Michelle F. Gaffey, Kumanan Rasanathan, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, for the Social Determinants of Health Study Team   +6 more
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Social Determinants of Health [PDF]

, 2016
This chapter discusses social determinants of health, an area of research and health policy initially coming out of epidemiology. Two categories of philosophical issues are presented including epistemological issues related to casual explanations as well as ethical issues related to health inequalities and social justice.
Center for Business and Economic Research, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
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Towards the social in the social determinants of health [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2010
Public health researchers and professionals have under-stood for quite a while that influencing social determinantsof health requires a comprehensive, multi-faceted action.The WHO Commission on Social Determinant of Healthprovides a useful summary of the challenges that we arefacing with global health inequalities.
Sakari Karvonen
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Large language models to identify social determinants of health in electronic health records [PDF]

npj Digit. Medicine, 2023
Social determinants of health (SDoH) play a critical role in patient outcomes, yet their documentation is often missing or incomplete in the structured data of electronic health records (EHRs).
Marco Guevara, Shan Chen, S. Thomas, T. Chaunzwa, I. Franco, B. Kann, S. Moningi, J. Qian, Madeleine H Goldstein, Susan M. Harper, H. Aerts, G. Savova, R. Mak, D. Bitterman   +13 more
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The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Cardiovascular Diseases: An Umbrella Review

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) may be the next forefront of reducing the enormous burden of CVD.
Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, H. Htun, A. Owen, D. Gasevic, Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo, D. Fancourt, J. Ryan, A. Steptoe, R. Freak-Poli   +8 more
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Blockchain Applications Presentation Commentry

Blockchain in Healthcare Today, 2022
The 2021 ConV2X Annual Symposium  featured a scientific program of academic/research presentations in addition to business and industry talks. The research track  focused on exploring and sharing developments in blockchain and emerging technologies in ...
Dr. Anjum Khurshid, Director Of Data Integration, Department of Population Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, The University Of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, USA, Dr. Kayo Fujimoto, Distinguished Professor In Social Determinants of Health, Professor In School Of Public Health At The University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, USA, Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan, Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia   +2 more
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