Social determinants of health are non-medical factors that shape your health outcomes. Economic stability is important for accessing adequate healthcare and meeting your basic needs. Health inequities ...

Discussions of social determinants of health might focus on the obvious ones—like income or education—while overlooking some other social determinants that impact health in complex ways. In recent ...

Researchers in this area are focused on addressing the underlying factors that impact health outcomes and promoting equitable access to quality health care. Areas within this category include public ...

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SEATTLE — Social determinants of health, nonmedical factors that can have a significant influence on health and lead to various disparities in a variety of ways, affect the well-being of patients ...

A new health policy brief from Health Affairs, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is titled “Pillars, Policies, And Plausible Pathways Linking Digital Inclusion And Health Equity.” ...

The first five years of life are a period of rapid brain and biological development that set the stage for lifelong health and learning. These early years are thus a key window for proactively ...

While resources and strategies to combat social determinants of health do exist, effectively leveraging them requires a coordinated approach involving supportive policies, technical assistance, ...

Direct democracy through state ballot initiatives, initiated by both citizens and legislatures, holds potential for policy change relating to a large array of important social issues, including ...