Building Strategies and Leadership for Change
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Salud America! research aligns with the Institute of Medicine’s approach to preventing obesity.
Social Determinants of Health
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The Commission was formed to investigate why Americans aren’t as healthy as they could be and to look outside the health care system for ways to improve health for all.
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Patients' Unmet Social Needs: Health Care's "Blind Side"
March 23, 2012 | Story
Nurses invited to join RWJF discussion on ways to integrate social needs into health care delivery.
Dr. Douglas Jutte: My Patient's Most Pressing Health Issue was a Broken Carburetor
December 7, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Idea Gallery is a recurring editorial series on NewPublicHealth in which guest authors provide their perspective on issues affecting public health. Today, Douglas Jutte, MD, MPH, offers a physician's perspective on how unmet social needs—like access ...
Health Care's Blind Side: Unmet Social Needs Leading To Worse Health
December 7, 2011 | News Release
In new, national survey, three in four physicians wish the health care system would pay for costs associated with connecting patients to services that address their social needs.
Healthy Starts for All
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Improving the health of children from low-income families is the top recommended priority of the Commission to Build a Healthier America. This article reviews child health and development research from the past 20 years.
The Economic Value of Improving the Health of Disadvantaged Americans
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The economic value of bringing the health status and longevity of all American adults up to the level of those with a college education is estimated at more than a trillion dollars a year.
Executive Summary
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Katherine J. Rosich and Janet R. Hankin outline the contents of 11 articles from this special supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The findings are the result of 50 years of research into the social dimensions of health and health care in the U.S.
Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article from a Journal of Health and Social Behavior supplement presents evidence supporting Phelan and Link"s fundamental causes theory. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a fundamental cause of health inequalities because it demonstrates four essential features.
Social Relationships and Health
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay from a Journal of Health and Social Behavior supplement reviews evidence of the connection between social relationships and health. The authors consider behavioral, psychosocial and physiological aspects of health and social relationships.
The Social Construction of Illness
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay explores how social dynamics shape the experience of illness. The authors recount the development of the cultural meaning of illness and provide a critique of the foundations of medical knowledge.