The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is harming global public health. However, policy responses are still ...

A new report by the Citizens Research Council says Michigan lags behind other states when it comes to life expectancy at ...

While the majority of physicians generally believe that social determinants of health, such as food insecurity and housing instability, matter for their patients, they do not believe that it is their ...

Background Some countries are exploring policies that might help lower cigarette smoking prevalence to below 5% by 2030. This study assesses support for three policies among adults who smoke: (1) ...

A golden question for future doctors is whether our role lies solely in treating individual patients or extends to tackling the broader social determinants of health. Each doctor will interpret this ...

To characterize co-occurring social determinants of health for clients experiencing perinatal anxiety and depression (perinatal mood and anxiety disorders) or serious mental illness (SMI) in a diverse ...

Health plans, providers and policymakers have finally come around to thinking about how “social determinants” impact individuals’ healthcare. This somewhat academic terminology refers to the notion ...

Including social determinants of health in sepsis readmission models could improve their predictive ability, a new study shows. For the study, published this past week in the Journal of American ...

Len M. Nichols ([email protected]) is director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and a professor of health policy at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lauren A. Taylor ...

Rural, critical access and safety net hospitals have not expanded initiatives to address social determinants of health in vulnerable patient populations, and some are implementing fewer such ...

From right to left: moderator: Stephen K. Klasko, M.D., M.B.A., President, Thomas Jefferson University and Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Health; Jaewon Ryu, M.D ...