Social Determinants of Health
"Social Determinants of Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).
| Descriptor ID |
D064890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.224.425.762 N01.400.675
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Determinants of Health" by people in Profiles.
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Predictors Across the Pooled Cohort Equations, Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events, and an Expanded Model. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Aug 04; 15(15):e049726.
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Social determinants as pathways in disparities in oral cavity cancer stage at diagnosis: a registry-based analysis from 2010-2020. Cancer Causes Control. 2026 Jul 01; 37(7).
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Financial Toxicity: Inequities and Impact on Cardiovascular Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2026 Aug; 46(8):e324015.
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Social determinants of health and temporospatial trends associated with Giardia duodenalis infection in Texas canines. Sci Rep. 2026 May 15; 16(1).
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Understanding the impact of social determinants of health in hematology: a scoping review of trends across journals and over time. Blood Adv. 2026 Apr 28; 10(8):2801-2816.
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Capacity Building Through Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Navigating Social Determinants of Health. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2026 Sep; 49(3):409-422.
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 07; 15(7):e045411.
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Leveraging Pediatric Healthcare Settings to Screen for Environmental Health Risks. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2026 Jun 01; 38(3):317-323.
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Identifying and mitigating the biological effectors of the social determinants of health in cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Oct 01; 117(10):1981-1983.
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Improving American Indian Adolescent and Young Adult Cardiovascular Health: The Importance of the Strong Heart Family Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 07; 14(19):e042895.