Social Determinants Of Health

Young Black adults living in a socially disadvantaged community were found to have greater risk for early subclinical atherosclerosis compared with young Hispanic adults in the same community, researchers reported.

Adults with a higher cardiometabolic disease staging score who also experience social determinants of health have increased risks for severe COVID-19 outcomes, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Historical housing discriminatory practices are associated with modern-day cardiometabolic disease and risk factors years after such practices were outlawed, according to an analysis of census-level data.

Minority and low-income populations have less involvement in their cancer care, experience worse health-related quality of life, and register more acute care visits and higher total costs of care than their affluent and white counterparts.

Children who were born in socioeconomic tracts that have greater proportions of low-income households, higher population densities and greater poverty experienced higher incidence of asthma, according to study findings.

Community health workers can reduce hospital visits by helping patients better manage diabetes, lower their BP and cholesterol, and stay up to date on cancer screenings, a speaker at the Annual Rural Health Conference said.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Nicole C. Wright, PhD, MPH, about health disparities in metabolic bone disease.

SAN DIEGO — Black women continue to experience disparities in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, leading to increased mortality.

CHICAGO — Despite spending more money on health care than any other nation, Americans continue to experience poor health outcomes, according to Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH.

CHICAGO — Over the past decade, ACP has been working with CMS to help physicians support patients who are affected by social drivers of health, according to Brian Outland, PhD, director of regulatory affairs at ACP.