This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with ...

Residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with higher likelihood of being a high-cost utilizer among older adults and lower likelihood among younger adults. Objectives: To assess ...

CHICAGO — Health equity is about fair and just care for everyone, and there’s no quality in healthcare without equity, Jillian Rose-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW, vice president and chief equity officer at ...

The settings in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age are known as social determinants of health or SDOH. These non-medical elements influence a wide range of health, functional, and ...

This year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focusing on human, territorial, and planetary health. The Permanent Forum is in its 22nd session. A recent report, “Indigenous ...

A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, ...

As a psychiatrist working with marginalized and underserved individuals, I see firsthand how poverty impacts health and timely access to healthcare. How can we treat depression in a patient who ...

Epidemiologists study patterns of health in populations. Throughout the pandemic, we have relied on their work to understand who is at higher risk for COVID-19 exposure, hospitalization, and death — ...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer type. Each year, more than 250,000 men in the U.S. find out that they have it. The good news is that most people with prostate cancer will live for 5 ...