The barriers between us and better health

May 1, 2018

The term social determinants of health (SDoH) is often used to refer to any nonmedical factors influencing health, including health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs or behaviors (e.g. smoking); however, SDoH also include “upstream” factors, such as social disadvantage, risk exposure and social inequities that play a fundamental causal role in poor health outcomes, and thus represent important opportunities for improving health and reducing health disparities.

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