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Learning Objectives

After reviewing this content, you will:

1. Define social determinants of health, health disparities and health equity.
2. Describe the ways social determinants of health are relevant to health outcomes and inequalities.
3. Begin to generate ideas about interventions to address social determinants for target populations.

Video | Social Determinants of Health & Health Equity

Video | Overview of Population Health

Readings

Read: Perspectives in Primary Care: A Conceptual Framework and Path for Integrating Social Determinants of Health Into Primary Care Practice (2016)
DeVoe JE, Bazemore AW, Cottrell EK, Likumabuwa-Ackman S, Grandmont J, Spach N, Gold R. Annals of Family Medicine. 2016 March/April; 14(2): 104-108.

Read: The Way Health Should Be: Social Determinants of Health in Maine 2019
Pizzonia C, Lichter EL, Teach F, Birkhimer N, Morian-Lozano E. The Way Health Should Be: Social Determinants of Health in Maine 2019. Augusta, Maine: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Recommended Readings

Read: Healthcare Sector Activities to Identify and Intervene on Social Risk (2019)
Gottlieb LM, DeSalvo K, Adler NE. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2019 December; 57(6): S1-S5.

Read: Disparities in Care and Mortality Among Homeless Adults Hospitalized for Cardiovascular Conditions (2019)
Wadhera RK, Khatana SAM, Choi E. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 November: E1-E10.

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