Social Determinants Of Health

Cardiologists and other health care providers should keep in mind a patient’s social determinants such as living environment, race and income inequality during treatment for HF, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation.

Black, Hispanic and indigenous women are more likely than white women to have disruptions in health insurance coverage around the time of pregnancy, according to a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Two studies published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that mortality from CAD has increased in women from rural areas since 2009, and having any social determinant of health increases the risk for mortality 90 days after HF hospitalization.

Like most other aspects of health care in the United States, social determinants of health play a role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Areas with higher social mobility have a smaller life expectancy gap between rich and poor individuals, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The ACP called for an overhaul of the health care system in the United States, including a shift to universal health care, in a series of policy papers published in the Annals of Internal Medicine detailing why the overhaul is needed and what action is needed.

Social determinants of health are environmental factors that can be modified to improve a patient’s ability to manage musculoskeletal disease and intervention. Where a person lives, works and accesses health care can affect outcomes of surgical care. While many environmental factors are quickly glossed over in preoperative assessments, often with the thought that not much can be done to change them, overall outcomes can be affected, thus leading to conclusions that costly interventions are not valuable to patients and overall population health.

Among women living with HIV, study findings showed that food insecurity was associated with lower ART concentrations in hair, suggesting that it impacts ART adherence and/or drug absorption, researchers said.

A mapping tool that researchers dubbed Population Health Assessment Engine, or PHATE, identified which neighborhoods were at greater risk for food insecurity, according to findings recently published in Annals of Family Medicine.

HOUSTON — Diabetes care providers should attend to the social determinants of health to get the most benefit for individuals and the health care system overall, according to a speaker at the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting.