Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health ...

These external factors – collectively referred to as the social determinants of health, or SDH – can influence health outcomes for almost every patient that you will encounter in medical ...

The new World report on social determinants of health equity shows that such determinants can be responsible for a dramatic reduction of healthy life expectancy – sometimes by decades – in high- and ...

duke.edu Objective The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and summarise the social determinants of health (SDH) cited in the literature and evaluate their association with individuals ...

In its first year, about 25 percent of the incoming class participated in a two-day Boot Camp that covered topics related to implicit bias, health disparities, social determinants of health, and ...

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, introduced Z codes to document social determinants of health. Based on an analysis of commercial ...

Conclusions The present findings provide further evidence of how inequitable structural and social exposures are associated with racial and ethnic differences in mental health outcomes. Sports ...

Amitava Banerjee and colleagues argue that an approach to ethnicity that more accurately considers social and behavioural determinants of health is needed to reduce health inequalities Ethnic ...

Fewer than one-third of US EDs screen for adverse SDOH, despite high prevalence among vulnerable populations. Most EDs screen for substance use and mental health, but lack policies for SDOH like ...