 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/).
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D064890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.224.425.762 N01.400.675
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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 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2020 | 12 | 7 | 19 | | 2021 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2022 | 12 | 10 | 22 | | 2023 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2024 | 20 | 21 | 41 | | 2025 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in Profiles.
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Ha AH, Brosi DN, Lopez R, Arrigain S, Goncalves C, Chen DY, Rice J, Nydam TL, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Pomposelli JJ, Schold JD, Bababekov YJ. Social Determinants of Health Impact COVID-19-Related Mortality Among Liver Transplant Recipients in the United States. Transpl Infect Dis. 2026 Jan-Feb; 28(1):e70151.
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Boyd K, Puma J, Lambert-Kerzner A, Ingman BC, Alshadood M, Kaufman CE. Perceptions of Health in the Denver Refugee Community: A Mixed-Methods Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Dec 17; 22(12).
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Deane K, Atusingwize E, Musoke D. Livelihoods as a key social determinant of malaria: Qualitative evidence from Uganda. Glob Public Health. 2025 Dec 31; 20(1):2593787.
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Petranovich CL, Drenth E, Sarmiento C, Lantagne A, Graber S, Simpson T, Connery AK, Miele A, Wilson P, Dichiaro M, Apkon S, Kirkwood MW, Peterson RL. Healthcare Self-Management, Executive Functioning, and Social Determinants of Health in Young Adults with Pediatric-Onset Disabilities: a Pilot Study. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2025 Nov 24; 40(8):1492-1500.
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Vyas MV, Kapral MK, Yu AYX, Joundi RA, Austin PC, Fang J, Reeves MJ. Individual and County-Level Social Determinants of Health and Acute Reperfusion Therapies: Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry Results. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 21; 14(20):e038402.
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Burns J, Lloyd WR, Lopez KN, Reese JA, Deen JF. Improving American Indian Adolescent and Young Adult Cardiovascular Health: The Importance of the Strong Heart Family Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 07; 14(19):e042895.
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Mott NM, Meguid RA, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Stuart CM. Social Vulnerability is Associated with Significant Delays to Definitive Surgery for Stages IA to IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Consequential Increased Rates of Pathologic Upstaging. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Feb; 33(2):858-870.
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Descarpentrie A, Cleveland JC, Midya V, Espinoza J, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Adise S, Alderete TL, Goran MI. Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Nov; 33(11):2170-2180.
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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.
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Dubin J, Bains S, Katanbaf R, Swartz G, Misch M, Mont MA, Delanois RE. A Critical Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health in Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2026 Feb; 41(2):339-348.
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