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GIS mapping can be used to track social determinants of health, child well-being

Public Health Newswire

“Child care and public health have similar goals, like child development, nutrition and preventive measures like vaccinations. We need to work together toward these goals.”

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GIS mapping can be used to track social determinants of health, child well-being

Public Health Newswire

“Child care and public health have similar goals, like child development, nutrition and preventive measures like vaccinations. We need to work together toward these goals.”

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Social Determinant of Health Evaluation (ORISE) Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Cofounder

CDC’s Division of Population Health provides scientific leadership and expertise to prevent costly chronic diseases and improve health across the life span.

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Five Questions with CSTE’s First Preventive Medicine Fellow: Hariharan Athreya, MD

CSTE

Q: Was there a certain a-ha moment where you became passionate about Public Health as a career? I saw that if I cared about social determinants of health and where people were living and how they were living like I was doing then I would need a public health degree.

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Food, Shelter, Health Insurance – #SDOH

Health Blawg

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

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Food, Shelter, Health Insurance – #SDOH

Health Blawg

It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as more closely associated with health, such as health care services, health literacy, engagement in one’s own health care, adherence to prescribed health care treatment and medication.

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The confluence of value-based care and population health

Health Blawg

I heard a nice definition of population health recently: “Connecting people with resources for healthy living.”. That really spoke to me, because it represents a step back from a tightly-quantified measure to a broader approach to social determinants of health (SDOH).