Social Determinants Of Health

SEATTLE — Promoting disease prevention is critical for improving public health in the U.S., and providers can contribute at the individual level by interacting more with their community, according to a speaker.

U.S. counties with greater social vulnerability had higher rates of suicide, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 2023 annual meeting kicks off Thursday with a number of new session formats designed to promote conversation and encourage participation from attendees.

SAN DIEGO — ACP has launched a new initiative to improve equitable access to obesity care through physician education, advocacy and partnerships.

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation may play a role in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis among children with food allergy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Incidence rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations vary with time of surveillance, decade of birth, age, race, ethnicity and census region, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Income and education had an inverse relationship with the risk for sudden cardiac death that was not explained by modifiable risk factors, researchers reported.

Few epigenome-wide association studies of allergy or asthma measure social factors or consider structural racism in analyzing these disorders, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Analyzing psychosocial health and patient-reported outcomes is necessary when treating people with diabetes, and practices should incorporate screening into routine care, according to a review article published in Current Diabetes Reports.

SAN ANTONIO — Socioeconomic deprivation may play a role in the development of allergies to certain foods, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.