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
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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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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in Profiles.
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Lost to Follow-up: Social Determinants and Patient Perceptions in Lung Cancer Screening Adherence. Clin Lung Cancer. 2026 Apr; 27(3):65-75.
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Using Bundled Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes for Black Cisgender and Transgender Women: Findings From the Black Women First Initiative. Am J Public Health. 2025 Apr; 115(S1):S46-S56.
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Contextualizing Inequities in COVID Vaccination Trends Among Project REFOCUS Pilot Sites: Racism-Related Determinants of Health. Ethn Dis. 2024 Jan; 34(1):1-7.
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Social Determinants of Health and Satisfaction With Sources of Information About COVID-19 Related to Vaccine Uptake in a Safety Net Healthcare System. Nurs Res. 2024 Jul-Aug 01; 73(4):261-269.
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Loneliness Among Black/African American Adults Living with HIV: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for Adherence. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 08; 11(4):2467-2474.
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Community Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine for Kidney Health: Awareness of the Social Determinants of Health in Renal Nutrition. J Ren Nutr. 2023 07; 33(4):505-507.
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Unmet Social Needs are Associated with Lower Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Medication Among a Sample of Black People Living with HIV (PLHIV). AIDS Behav. 2023 Nov; 27(11):3651-3660.
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Prioritizing Social Determinants of Health in Public Health Surveillance for Autism. Pediatrics. 2023 02 01; 151(2).
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Communities for Wellness Equity: Implementing a Partnered Symposium to Identify Social Determinants of Health Priorities. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2022; 16(1):105-117.
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Conceptualizing Social Ecological Model in Pharmacy to Address Racism as a Social Determinant of Health. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021 10; 85(9):8584.