The theory and measurement of the social determinants of health featured in a three-part seminar series on Social Determinants of Health, Law and Policy held at the Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University in February 2012. The seminar series represents a broader commitment to engage the public, health providers, researchers, and policy makers in dialogue for the purposes of identifyi...

In Rhode Island, health care access, whether measured as having a regular source of care or as having health insurance, is better than the U.S. average. However, health care access does not necessarily translate into better health outcomes. Rhode Island has not fared better than the rest of the nation in ending or decreasing health disparities across socioeconomic and racial demographics in spi...

In Canada, health care reform is underway to address escalating costs, access and quality of care issues, and existing personnel shortages in various health disciplines. One response of the nursing profession to these stimuli has been the development of the advanced practice nurse, namely, the nurse practitioner (NP). NPs are in an excellent position to address current shortcomings through incr...

BACKGROUND Dengue fever is a public health problem in the tropical and sub-tropical world. Dengue cases have grown dramatically in recent years as well as dengue mortality. Colombia has experienced periodic dengue outbreaks with numerous dengue related-deaths, where the Santander department has been particularly affected. Although social determinants of health (SDH) shape health outcomes, inclu...

background: p cesarean delivery rates have been increasing throughout the world. parallel to the developments in the world the cesarean rate in turkey has risen to 48.1% in 2013. some of the social factors were related with cesarean births. the purpose of this study was to determine cesarean birth rates and to find out social factors affecting the cesarean birth in primiparous women. methods: t...

recently a number of calls have been made to mobilise the arsenal of political science insights to investigate – and point to improvements in – the social determinants of health (sdh), and health equity. recently, in this journal, such a rallying appeal was made for the field of public administration. this commentary argues that, although scholarly potential should justifiably be redirected to ...

population growth in urban areas is a world-wide phenomenon, particularly in developing countries, urbanization has been rapid in the past two decades, and such rapid urbanization is expected to continue in the coming years. while urbanization has provided opportunities for employment, education and socio-economic development, it has also brought about a number of adverse health problems. these...

Background: There is growing evidence that social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDH) play a substantial effect in wide range outcomes. Electronic records (EHRs) have been widely employed to conduct observational studies the age artificial intelligence (AI). However, there has little research into how make most SBDH information from EHRs. Methods: A systematic search was conducted six ...

while economic deterrence models are fully based on maximizing economic utility; social psychology models explain human behavior by examining the underlying attitudes, norms and beliefs. tax morale is defined as the intrinsic motivation to pay taxes. however, determinants of tax morale need to be investigated for a more comprehensive understanding of tax morale. in this paper we analyze the mos...