Reading this gripping account by @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social, I'm reflecting on how patients' social needs are more likely to go unaddressed in overextended ERs -- the same social needs that landed them there in the first place.
Somebody put out the fire. #sdoh
thewalrus.ca/how-casino-s...
Further proof there's no one path to medicine: our interviewee this month went from playing high-level baseball to being a leading voice in perinatal substance use care. ⚾
Hear more of his story & about this important area of practice in Episode 38: 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/6KGl...
#meded #SDOH
"I am living longer because of political choices made more than half a century ago. And in this book I will show that, despite a thriving individualistic, self-help economy, your life expectancy is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government." — How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us by Devi Sridhar https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/kshare? asin=B0DJGD745R&id=2cdoqxy7ynd4vjurztxvhedm5e
This quote is one that we ignore at our peril.
Personal choices are important, yes!
But the bigger determinants of our life expectancy are largely political and economic ones.
More wisdom from @profdevisridhar.bsky.social.
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International Social Epidemiology Society Webinar Series Professor Terrence Hill, The University of Texas at San Antonio “What We Learned from Editing the First Handbook of Social Epidemiology” 28th of April, 2026 Register at tinyurl.com.ISES01
📢 Mark your calendars for our next webinar!
“What We Learned from Editing the 1st Handbook of Social Epidemiology” with Professor Terrence Hill
📅 Thursday April 28, 2026
🕗 09:00 New York / 14:00 London / 22:00 Tokyo
👉 Register now at tinyurl.com/ISES01 — and please share widely!
#SocialEpi #SDoH
Cat holding a megaphone with text "updated data from nanda"
12 neighborhood datasets — dollar stores to healthcare to civic orgs — updated from 1990 through 2022. Decades of NETS data now covering the post-pandemic period. Find it on @icpsr.bsky.social
📊 www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nanda/...
#OpenData #NeighborhoodData #SDoH @um-src.bsky.social
#healthequity #SDGs #healthinformatics #SDoH #publichealth #prevention #gerontology #AI #ethics #exposome #housing
A lack of ethical guardrails in
health science AI
means that patients are left without
basic requirements for health, such as
healthy housing
and adequate income for healthy meals.
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Seafood giant A Raptis and Sons to close after administrators fail to find buyer www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
#SDOH
The Federal Government’s National Fuel Security Plan must deliver targeted relief to people on low incomes and support for the frontline services they depend on, especially in regional, rural and remote communities: statement by ACOSS
#SDOH
FUND-HF pilot shows feasible early post-discharge financial support in low-income HF patients, improving medication adherence. Findings inform larger trials to assess durability and effects on HRQOL and outcomes. https://bit.ly/4sC2NR7
#JACC #SDOH #QoL #ACC26 #CardioSky
FUND-HF pilot shows feasible post-discharge financial support for vulnerable #HFrEF patients with high #SDOH burden and poor HRQOL. Early efficacy, safety, and design insights support a larger multicenter trial. https://bit.ly/4bIWRzK
#ACC26 #JACCAdvances #QoL #CardioSky
Catching up on e-mails, and new #CEO of #ACP (American College of Physicians, the blanket umbrella organization for #InternalMedicine) is a Black male physician, an HBCU (Howard) grad whose research is on #healthdisparities and #SDOH (social determinants of health). Good political statement in 2026
#ethics #AI #agedcare #SDoH #HR Corporate Wellness #occupationalhealth #womenshealth #publichealth #healthpromotion #algorithms #prevention #health #exposome
Which aged care providers have
ethical rostering AI
that leaves human carers with
sufficient monthly shifts
for food and shelter?
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Public health, First Nations health, environmental health, #SDOH - check our coverage of #SouthAustraliaVotes2026 – and please share the stories!
www.croakey.org/category/ele...
#HealthMatters
Reporting on a walking group for men – “a simple idea with a big impact” – Croakey Health Media
www.croakey.org/reporting-on...
By Associate Professor Peter Simmons
#ruralhealth
#PHCmatters
#SDOH
![BMJ article. Excerpt:
Marmot also laments how politics and politicians have changed over the decades and calls for a return to focusing on policies rather than "insults or culture wars."
While national politicians cause disappointment, meeting local leaders around the UK gives Marmot hope.
"The level of commitment and enthusiasm [they have], knowing that people are looking at our evidence based recommendations and trying to implement them, it's wonderful," he says. "What they are doing is going to make a difference, it is making a difference, and it keeps me positive." And, although Starmer's government has failed to follow through on its pledge to make England a Marmot country, the governments in Wales and Scotland seem keener. Wales announced its intention to become the world's first Marmot nation in June last year, and Public Health Scotland is working with Marmot on a national strategy to reduce health inequalities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e5jo2wxiyxyjcgwbjtjdblzo/bafkreieh5vd27toclclwubzy4kusp4av75eedu5rdxumln33nksdbsv5be)
BMJ article. Excerpt: Marmot also laments how politics and politicians have changed over the decades and calls for a return to focusing on policies rather than "insults or culture wars." While national politicians cause disappointment, meeting local leaders around the UK gives Marmot hope. "The level of commitment and enthusiasm [they have], knowing that people are looking at our evidence based recommendations and trying to implement them, it's wonderful," he says. "What they are doing is going to make a difference, it is making a difference, and it keeps me positive." And, although Starmer's government has failed to follow through on its pledge to make England a Marmot country, the governments in Wales and Scotland seem keener. Wales announced its intention to become the world's first Marmot nation in June last year, and Public Health Scotland is working with Marmot on a national strategy to reduce health inequalities.
On Health Inequalities, in the @bmj.com, a good piece by @emahase.bsky.social on how @michaelmarmot.bsky.social is urging the UK government to be bolder on child poverty.
@marmotihe.bsky.social
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Link:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
"#Climate Change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health." @thelancet.com How can @HOOPP continue to be on the wrong side of history? #OnHealth #OnPoli #SDOH
Medicaid Section 1115 waivers are helping states address health-related social needs like housing, nutrition, and transportation—but challenges remain in funding, infrastructure, and implementation.
🔗 https://ow.ly/gjyP50YtJ45
#Medicaid #HealthPolicy #HealthEquity #SDOH #PublicHealth
FHS researcher Haaris Tiwana is the lead author of a new study examining factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
"It’s an easy narrative to say someone just chooses not to get vaccinated, but that’s unfair and incomplete."
#SFU #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #VaccineHesitancy #SDoH
“This inquiry should have happened following the racially driven failure of the the Voice to Parliament Referendum…”
#AusPol
#SDOH
#PublicHealth
Inquiry into racism, hate and violence toward First Nations people comes late, lacks power – and must deliver – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/inquiry-into...
#AusPol
#SDOH
#PublicHealth
Honored to have our work about addressing the social needs of hospitalized children mentioned in this post highlighting all the incredible efforts my colleagues are leading in UCSF's Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine:
pediatrics.ucsf.edu/news/247-saf...
#SDOH @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social
#WomenInSTEM #SDoH #sociology #SDGs
Faulty algorithms
can result in
individuals who are good at caring for children
ending up poorer
than those who are good at owning gambling machines,
because the long-term benefits to society and savings from
getting early childhood right
are not considered.
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Mary Pilarz, MD presenting on interpreter use surrounding critical events in the PICU for patients and families who use a language other than English at #PALISI26 #SDOH subgroup meeting #socialdeterminantsofhealth #PedsICU
Team Upstream Lab! Proud to represent Upstream Lab in our new matching sweaters.
About our #research team: upstreamlab.org #SDOH
I’m fascinated by the concept of Healthy Life Expectancy and how it’s not only worsening, but strongly associated with social determinants of health.
I’m struggling to find out exactly how it’s defined though. Can anyone help?
#MedSky
#PublicHealth
#SDOH
#TheZap: latest health and aged care news, plus important consultations now open – @croakeynews.bsky.social
www.croakey.org/the-zap-late...
#SDOH
🧬 New Review from Cromer et al!
📄 Incorporating polygenic risk scores and social determinants of health across populations: Considerations and best practices in research
#PRS #SDoH
Pay attention what they say they have an unlimited supply of vs. the things they say we don't have or can't afford.
#War #Weapons #Iran #SDOH #MaslowsHierarchyOfNeeds #People #Power #Prosperity #Politics #HealthEquity #SocialJustice
