Social Determinants of Health
"Social Determinants of Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).
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D064890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.224.425.762 N01.400.675
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| 2018 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 2021 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in Profiles.
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Equity at a time of pandemic. Health Promot Int. 2022 Feb 17; 37(1).
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Transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in Afghanistan: current evidence amid COVID-19 and future recommendations. Hematology. 2021 Dec; 26(1):432-434.
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Advocacy Curricula in U.S. Medical Schools. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11):1586-1591.
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The Clarion Call of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Medical Education Can Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Disparities. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11):1518-1523.
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Mortality from COVID-19. Ann Ig. 2021 Sep-Oct; 33(5):521-523.
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Using Kern's 6-Step Approach to Integrate Health Systems Science Curricula Into Medical Education. Acad Med. 2021 09 01; 96(9):1282-1290.
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COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Gastroenterology. 2021 11; 161(5):1373-1376.
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Identifying Communities at Risk for COVID-19-Related Burden Across 500 US Cities and Within New York City: Unsupervised Learning of the Coprevalence of Health Indicators. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 08 26; 7(8):e26604.
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The Surgeon's Role in Addressing Racism and Achieving Health Equity. Am Surg. 2021 Nov; 87(11):1704-1712.
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Low-wage migrant workers during coronavirus disease 2019: a social determinants analysis. J Public Health Policy. 2021 Sep; 42(3):452-464.