Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As health journalists, many of us have written about or are familiar with social determinants of health (SDOH) — how the places where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age affect health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and health risks. But certain populations remain challenged.

Telemedicine and Digital Health 98

Telemedicine and Digital Health Social Determinants of Health Ageing and Health Health Literacy 98

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Iñaki Permanyer and Júlia Almeida Calazans Policymakers and scholars are increasingly interested in monitoring and curbing health inequalities. Measuring how ‘similar’ or ‘dissimilar’ the different causes of death are can help us understand global health inequalities and patterns of mortality. Read more: Permanyer I, Calazans JA.

Health Disparities 52

Health Disparities Health Inequalities Ageing and Health Social Determinants of Health 52

BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

September 27, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Up to 45 percent of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cases could be prevented by modifiable risk factors, but current research is limited to observational studies that make it difficult to establish definitive causes.

Risk Factors 70

Risk Factors Socioeconomic Status and Health Mental Health and Public Health Ethnicity and Health 70

The Health Care Blog

JULY 5, 2022

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, health, and the pursuit of Happiness. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

Ethnicity and Health 105

Ethnicity and Health Food Security and Safety Ageing and Health Health Inequalities 105