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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866843/twenty-first-century-challenge-social-determinants-of-health
#1
EDITORIAL
Vincent Morelli, Joel J Heidelbaugh
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866842/the-meaning-behind-the-medicine
#2
EDITORIAL
Joel J Heidelbaugh
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866841/resilience-and-sub-optimal-social-determinants-of-health-fostering-organizational-resilience-in-the-medical-profession
#3
REVIEW
Mekeila C Cook, Ruth Stewart
The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and resilience has been investigated at the individual level and, to some extent, at the community level. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the necessity for organizational resilience in the United States. The US public health and health care system began the lengthy process of identifying the resiliency needs of its workforce that expand beyond disaster preparedness. The purpose of this article is to describe the relationship between resilience and SDOH and how medical training can infuse resiliency within the curriculum and clinical practice...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866840/social-determinants-of-mental-and-behavioral-health
#4
REVIEW
Leigh Morrison, Christopher J Frank
Both mental illness and overall mental health are determined by a complicated interplay of life experiences and genetic predisposition. While genetic predisposition is difficult to modify, many of the life experiences that worsen mental health and exacerbate serious mental illness are associated with social policies and cultural norms that are changeable. Now that we have identified these associations, it is time to rigorously test scalable interventions to address these risks. These interventions will need to focus on high-impact stages in life (like childhood) and will need to address risk beyond the individual by focusing on the family and community...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866839/social-determinants-of-health-chronic-disease-management-and-the-role-of-the-primary-care-provider-to-include-cardiovascular-disease-cancer-diabetes-major-causes-of-morbidity-and-mortality-as-affected-by-social-determinants-of-health
#5
REVIEW
Nicholas Conley
Despite advances in health science and medical technology, health outcomes continue to fall behind in certain communities. A recent study linking health outcomes to zip code may explain part of this disparity, social determinants of health. Although well known that patients in resource-poor environments have worse outcomes than patients with advantages, the exact reason for this disparity may not be so well known. This article aims to explore the physiologic basis for worsening disease states in patients with poor social determinants of health, as well as start a discussion surrounding possible screening and interventions that can be performed in a primary care office to promote patient health...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866838/the-digital-domain-a-super-social-determinant-of-health
#6
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Rachel Hanebutt, Hasina Mohyuddin
This article, focused on outlining the digital domain as a "super" social determinant of health, considers the core issues of digital equity (ie, digital access, digital devices, and digital skills) to structure the implications that the digital domain has on human health and well-being. In addition to considering an ever-evolving landscape of digital health, telehealth, and other digital health technologies, we pay particular attention to the influence the digital domain has on patient-provider relationships, as well as the challenges, opportunities, and key considerations that advancements in digital health and technologies have for extending and enhancing direct patient care...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866837/climate-change-the-ultimate-determinant-of-health
#7
REVIEW
Carol Ziegler, James Muchira
Climate change ubiquitously influences social determinants of health via various pathways. Disproportionately burdening communities who have contributed the least to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and benefitted the least from economic benefits obtained through high-emission activities that cause climate change, climate justice must be centered in any discussion of health equity. This article will explore how climate change contributes to health disparities in vulnerable populations, why this is a justice issue for primary care to address, and what we can do to promote equity, resilience, and adaption in our current economic system while mitigating GHG emissions, leveraging the health sector...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866836/food-and-nutrition-security-as-social-determinants-of-health-fostering-collective-impact-to-build-equity
#8
REVIEW
Duncan Y Amegbletor, Danny Goldberg, Derek A Pope, Bryan W Heckman
An overview of the state of the American diet, how it relates to public health outcomes and the obesity epidemic, and how it arises from the policy and infrastructure that have been developed over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. The article concludes by laying out concrete solutions for urban revitalization, providing people in underserved communities sovereignty over their food supply, and work with multi-stakeholder cooperatives to overcome the effects of food insecurity and poor diet quality.
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866835/the-work-play-and-worship-environments-as-social-determinants-of-health
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REVIEW
Heather M O'Hara
Consideration of the definition of the social determinants of health (SDOHs) requires health care to include work, play, and worship environments because they are important to the health of patients and communities. This article attempts to discuss the issues with limited focus on these areas and the importance of using multidisciplinary health-care teams during primary care visits. The expectation from this information is to advance the ability for primary care providers to support patients and the communities they work in to effect change toward decreasing health disparities and enhancing overall health outcomes...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866834/the-social-context-social-and-behavioral-factors-that-affect-health-outcomes
#10
REVIEW
Jacqueline M Hirth, Sandra J Gonzalez, Roger Zoorob
To achieve understanding and best care, screening and treating patients should consider the patient's social environment. Social and behavioral factors influence both positive and negative health behaviors that influence mental and physical health. Primary care providers continually navigate barriers faced by patients and seek solutions that take into consideration social and behavioral factors. The role of the PCP begins with an understanding of common barriers and community resources, then by assessing and responding to the patient's own challenges, and finally by advocating in the clinic and public for changes to the underlying social and structural causes of morbidity and mortality...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866833/the-built-environment-as-a-social-determinant-of-health
#11
REVIEW
Rosemary Nabaweesi, Marie Hanna, John K Muthuka, Adrian D Samuels, Vanisha Brown, Dawn Schwartz, Green Ekadi
The built environment encompasses buildings we live in; the distribution systems that provide us with water and electricity; and the roads, bridges, and transportation systems we use to get from place to place. It provides safety, health, and well-being and meaning to its dwellers, as a place to work, live, learn, play, and thrive. Poor-quality housing affects dwellers' health through toxins such as radon and lead, mold, cold indoor temperatures, and overcrowding. Physicians' practices should investigate their patients' diagnoses such as stress, depression, asthma, adverse childhood experiences, and anxiety, as potentially housing-related and make ameliorating recommendations or referrals...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866832/educational-attainment-and-educational-contexts-as-social-determinants-of-health
#12
REVIEW
Sarah V Suiter, Meredith L Meadows
Research demonstrates that nearly all health outcomes are patterned by level of education. Specifically, adults with lower educational attainment report more chronic conditions, more functional limitations, and worse overall health. In addition to affecting educational attainment, schools provide an important context in which students spend a substantial portion of their time. Because access to salutogenic school environments, as well as opportunities for educational attainment and advancement are themselves unequal, education is considered a social determinant of health...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866831/economic-determinants-of-health-disparities-and-the-role-of-the-primary-care-provider
#13
REVIEW
Paul D Juarez
The economic determinants of adverse personal health outcomes and population level disparities pose a daunting challenge for primary care providers in promoting health for persons experiencing poverty and neighborhood deprivation. Until they are addressed, however, the health and economic well-being of persons experiencing neighborhood deprivation is not likely to be improved. There is growing evidence of effective interventions that primary care providers can adopt to address social and economic determinants of health...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866830/health-equity-and-access-to-health-care-as-a-social-determinant-of-health-the-role-of-the-primary-care-provider
#14
REVIEW
Coleman Pratt, Riley Taylor, Stacy D Smith
Populations of people who suffer poorer health outcomes and increased disease burden, particularly preventable diseases, injury, and violence are experiencing health inequity. Achieving greater health equity by addressing social determinants of health and access to health care is the goal of many primary care physicians, health care advocates, and policy makers. Race, geographic location, age, poverty, disabilities, gender, and mental health are common examples of factors that determine health equity. Access to health care, by itself is a predictor of health outcomes and is influenced by many of the same factors...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866829/monitoring-social-determinants-of-health-assessing-patients-and-communities
#15
REVIEW
Vincent Morelli, Robert Joseph Heizelman
Because of the devastating health effects of social determinants of health (SDoH), it is important for the primary care provider to assess and monitor these types of stressors. This can be done via surveys, geomapping, or various biomarkers. To date, however, each of these methods is fraught with obstacles. There are currently are no validated "best" SDoH screening tools for use in clinical practice. Nor is geomapping, a perfect solution. Although mapping can collect location specific factors, it does not account for the fact that patients may live in one area, work in another and travel frequently to a third...
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37866828/social-determinants-of-health-an-overview-for-the-primary-care-provider
#16
REVIEW
Vincent Morelli
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are reflected in how people live (access to health care, economic stability, built environment, food security, climate), learn (the educational environment), work (occupational environment), and play/socialize (social context and digital domain). All of these day-to-day conditions play a vital role in a patient's overall health, and a primary care provider should be prepared to understand their role to screen, assess, and address SDoH in clinical practice.
December 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37516518/from-digestion-to-disease-and-gut-health-exploring-the-spectrum-of-the-gastrointestinal-system
#17
EDITORIAL
Parvathi Perumareddi
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
September 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37516517/gut-bacteria-the-good-the-bad-the-necessary
#18
EDITORIAL
Joel J Heidelbaugh
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
September 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37516516/gut-microbiome-and-dietar-considerations
#19
REVIEW
John Damianos, Parvathi Perumareddi
The gut microbiome represents a complex microbial ecosystem that exerts direct and indirect effects on other organ systems and contributes to both health and disease. It is sensitive to various stimuli such as childhood immunity, medications, diet, stressors, and sleep. Modulating the gut microbiome can prevent and even treat certain disease states. Although no definitive guidelines exist to support a healthy microbiome, there are several evidence-based interventions proved to improve gut health and reduce the risk for numerous chronic diseases...
September 2023: Primary Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37516515/colorectal-cancer-screening-and-iron-deficiency-anemia
#20
REVIEW
Ethan P Berg, Asiya Mohammed, Zachary J Shipp, Johnny C Tenegra
In the United States, colorectal cancer has the fourth highest amount of annual new cancer cases per year between 2014 and 2018. In this article, the authors review the data and guidelines supporting effective direct visualization and stool-based testing methods of colon cancer screening along with work-up and management of Iron Deficiency Anemia.
September 2023: Primary Care
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