Identifying societal influences on health can improve health outcomes and quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Once these societal factors are identified, ...

The main steps to addressing social determinants of health are collecting data from your patients and designing a referral process. The Physicians Foundation has launched resources and guides for ...

This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with ...

In what is believed to be the first study to examine the prevalence of standardized social determinants of health (SDH) screening and referral among a nationally representative sample of level 2 to 4 ...

Less than 25 percent of neonatal intensive care units across the U.S. screen for universal social determinants of health, according to a study published Nov. 1 in Hospital Pediatrics. The American ...

Older adults with unfavorable social determinants of health (SDoH) were significantly associated with an increased risk of frailty, with a more visible effect on those aged 65-75. That is according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 73.5% of hospitals screened for social determinants of health using any method, and 39.4% used ...

Healthcare providers are struggling to get patients to tell them about problems they face outside of the exam room. Providers want patients to tell them about their social needs but confront mistrust, ...

There is a pressing need to explore and understand which social determinants of health (SDOH) and health inequities act as significant influential factors that contribute to low breast cancer ...