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 ...

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are closely linked to health equity. SDOH are conditions in the environments where people are born, live, or spend time that affect their quality of life and a ...

Social determinants, on the other hand, can result in a feeling of shame and other emotional and physical inadequacies, which prevent people from practicing healthy behaviors that eventually lead ...

By addressing the social risks that can lead to greater infections, we can help combat COVID-19. Keeping people housed is key to keeping them healthy. Nothing could be more important right now.

These social determinants of health include a variety of factors, such as safe housing, health care services, public safety, high-quality education, access to healthy food, and more.

To further improve our communities, reduce harmful behaviors and create positive environments, the Army Resilience Directorate and its programs realigned from G-1 to G-9 and consolidated with the ...

Improving overall health equity for people with congenital heart disease requires recognizing the impact of social determinants of health throughout their lifespan. Systemic societal inequities ...

Without a doubt, social determinants of health impact health outcomes. Recent research suggests medical care accounts for only 10-20 percent of health outcomes while the other 80-90 percent are ...

The health challenges of an alarming number of people can be traced to the social determinants of health, and that’s increasingly a real concern for employers. Those social determinants — the ...

Understanding how the key social determinants of health—including housing, employment, and education—affect perinatal health is critical to ensuring that federal policies support healthy ...

Join Drs Nihar Desai and Erica Spatz as they discuss the critical importance of social determinants of health in preventing and ... How do we encourage people to eat healthy when those ...