The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies social determinants of health as “the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play.” Evidence suggests that these factors are as influential on health as access to health care and individual behaviors.
The opioid epidemic and socioeconomic disadvantage
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2018
Can Your Neighborhood Affect Your Health?
- Mustafa Hussein
- Podcasts
- January 2018
How Does Exposure to Toxic Waste Sites Before Birth Affect Children’s Development?
- Claudia Persico
- Podcasts
- November 2017
Using Neighborhood Socioeconomic Data to Improve Health Outcomes
- Amy Kind
- Webinar
- September 6 2017
Childhood obesity
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2017
Mortgage Markets and the Roots of Racial Health Disparities
- Abigail Sewell
- Podcasts
- June 2017
How Do Resources Matter for Health and Quality of Life?
- Julien Teitler
- Podcasts
- February 2017
How does economic and social disadvantage affect health?
- Geoffrey R. Swain
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2016–2017) 2016
Does Supplemental Security Income reduce disability in the elderly?
- Pamela Herd, Robert F. Schoeni, and James S. House
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2016–2017) 2016
The long-term consequences of children’s health and circumstance
- Janet Currie
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2016–2017) 2016