Health care often takes a back seat after incarceration. Here's how some states are working to change that More than a dozen other states are exploring ways to streamline access to Medicaid and make ...

The nation's healthcare system is again laser-focused on chronic disease, with stakeholders prioritizing efforts targeting both prevention and management. In order to achieve better chronic care, it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with OA who had difficulties with social determinants of health less likely underwent TJA. Difficulties ...

Monica Keith, assistant professor of Anthropology, recently published insights into the complex factors contributing to maternal hypertension and health disparities in a paper titled, "Social ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health throu ...

Health disparities by racial or ethnic group or by income or education are only partly explained by disparities in medical care. Inadequate education and living conditions—ranging from low income to ...

New research reveals that certain social determinants of health-such as socioeconomic status, household characteristics, and racial/ethnic minority status-have significant effects on rural–urban ...

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 ...

The health impact of the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age have been recognized for centuries. However, widespread acceptance of this impact remains contentious, as ...

A retrospective study of 28.3 million people has assessed the effects of social determinants of health on HIV/AIDS incidence and mortality in Brazil Newswise — This is the main conclusion of a new ...

The opportunities for healthy choices in homes, neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces can have decisive impacts on health. We review scientific evidence from promising interventions focused on the ...

There are known health outcome disparities among those with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) of minority race and those living with adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) (rurality, ...