We must rethink our one-size-fits-all approach to social determinants of health interventions and instead target patients who truly need and would benefit from these interventions. The scale of the ...

Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and ...

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 ...

Rural, critical access and safety net hospitals have not expanded initiatives to address social determinants of health in vulnerable patient populations, and some are implementing fewer such ...

Correspondence to Dr Amanda Day Braaten, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; amanda.braaten{at}duke.edu Objective The purpose of this ...

The more social determinants of health (SDH) a person has, the higher their risk of dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) over the next decade, observational data on more than 22,000 people confirm.

Given 80 percent of a person’s health is influenced by non-medical factors, it’s no surprise that both health care providers and health plans are looking for ways to better manage the broader set of ...

Research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America shows the possible impact of food or housing insecurity on follow-up appointments for breast cancer.

Though employers have invested increasingly in a variety of healthcare and healthcare-adjacent benefits, few of these efforts effectively address social determinants of health that can negatively ...

Maximizing Federal Investments To Address Social Determinants of Health In its response to a request for information from the Congressional Caucus for Social Determinants of Health, CAP outlined ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians must use multifaceted tools to reduce CV risk in type 2 diabetes, combining newer therapies with ...