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																		 Social Determinants of Health
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Social Determinants of Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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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/).
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D064890 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | N01.224.425.762 N01.400.675 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Determinants of Health" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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 | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |  | 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |  | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 |  | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |  | 2020 | 13 | 7 | 20 |  | 2021 | 8 | 8 | 16 |  | 2022 | 13 | 10 | 23 |  | 2023 | 12 | 9 | 21 |  | 2024 | 15 | 20 | 35 |  | 2025 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Alshabani N, Price K, Kennedy H, Haws JK, Kimball SL. A Qualitative Study to Understanding Barriers to PTSD Treatment for Immigrants and Refugees in Primary Care. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Oct; 27(5):877-881.
								Reed SM, Hensen C, Centi S, Siebenaller T, Rosenthal LD, Smith DC, Amura CR, Hernandez TL, Barton AJ. Z-Coding for Social Contributors to Health in Colorado Federally Qualified Health Centers. Nurs Res. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 74(4):318-323.
								Alizadeh F, Gauvreau K, Barreto JA, Hall M, Bucholz E, Nathan M, Newburger JW, Vitali S, Thiagarajan RR, Chan T, Moynihan KM. Paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use by social determinants: a multicentre retrospective cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Aug; 9(8):565-577.
								Atusingwize E, Deane K, Musoke D. Social determinants of malaria in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review. Malar J. 2025 May 26; 24(1):165.
								Yee EJ, Stuart CM, Kim S, McCarter MD, Mungo B. Impact of socioeconomic determinants of health on delays to care in gastric cancer: A national cancer database analysis. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2025 Sep; 51(9):110136.
								Huyser KR, Brega AG, Reid M, Parker T, Steiner JF, Chang J, Jiang L, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Johnson-Jennings M, Hiratsuka VY, Tsosie N, Manson SM, O'Connell J. Impact of social determinants of health on obesity among American Indian and Alaska Native young adults. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0322164.
								Wainstein M, Marioli PA, Brown M, Abdul Hafidz MI, Neyra JA, Cervantes L. The Interchangeable Nature of Our Destinies: Health Inequities Born From Social and Structural Determinants of Health and the Advocacy Journey to Overcome Them. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2025 May; 32(3):301-308.
								Patten M, Myers QWO, Thomas M, Garofalo D, Carmichael H, Graham R, Estrella J, Tran W, Dickinson K, Urban S, Velopulos CG. The Complexity of Social Vulnerability of Person and Place on Mortality After Penetrating Trauma. J Surg Res. 2025 Jun; 310:98-110.
								Powell-Wiley TM, Brewer LC, Burke LE, Hernandez R, Landsbaugh Kaar J, Kepper M, Kline CE, Lopez KN, Roberson S, Spees CK, Jerome GJ. Role of Technology in Promoting Heart Healthy Behavior Change to Increase Equity in Optimal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2025 May 06; 151(18):e972-e985.
								Scott J, Agarwala A, Baker-Smith CM, Feinstein MJ, Jakubowski K, Kaar J, Parekh N, Patel KV, Stephens J. Cardiovascular Health in the Transition From?Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 06; 14(9):e039239. | 
																	
																		
																			
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