Social Determinants of Health
"Social Determinants of Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 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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Healthcare insurance status and hypertension control before and after the Affordable Care Act. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Aug 01; 39(8):1013-1020.
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Not Just an Adverse Outcome: Emergency Departments as an Opportunity for Collaboration for Carceral Health. J Correct Health Care. 2026 Aug; 32(4):250-254.
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Household income and adverse childhood outcomes after prenatal myelomeningocele repair. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2026 Jul; 8(7):101974.
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Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Black Ethnic Groups: Findings From the 2013 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 04 21; 15(8):e047268.
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Prehospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):377-389.
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Stepwise Solutions-Patients Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):411-430.
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Early-stage Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Diagnosis Is Inversely Associated With Travel Distance and Travel Time. Pancreas. 2026 Apr 01; 55(4):e359-e361.
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Social Determinants of Health and Outcomes in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2026 06 15; 269:10-18.
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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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Performance of an EMR screening tool for social determinants of health. Health Informatics J. 2025 Jul-Sep; 31(3):14604582251381237.