A conversation with Sir Michael Marmot How the realization that health outcomes are directly tied to social status led to a framework to reduce health inequalities.

In a Q & A with UC Berkeley Public Health, acclaimed epidemiologist and alumnus Sir Michael Marmot discusses his lifelong work on how #SocialDeterminants shape #GlobalHealth.
https://ow.ly/LAZ050YGNYb #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #UCBerkeley

We often talk about health as if it begins in a clinic.

It doesn’t.

Health is shaped long before diagnosis—by housing, environment, safety, access to food, and the chronic stress people are forced to carry.

#Healthcare #PublicHealth #Equity #SocialDeterminants #Prevention #SystemsThinking

NCCIH's fact sheet "An overview of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis health in Canada”

April 7 marks #WorldHealthDay – Sharing #TheNCCIH fact sheet "An overview of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis health in Canada”: https://loom.ly/rpD1PhE

See also: https://loom.ly/3R0y0WY and https://loom.ly/ZXa7p2c

#SocialDeterminants #HealthEquity

Traffic deaths are cake baked into capitalism. Americans were brainwashed to equate cars with freedom. How you get hideous city sprawl where people drive hours to get to work. And don't forget the racism that's one of main ingredients of it.

#SocialDeterminants

Dying Homeless – Inquests and the Prevention of Future Deaths

This research analyses the inquest system and 8 years of reports by Coroners (2017-21 & 2023-25), to identify concerns raised by Coroners relating to the deaths of people experiencing homelessness. #inquest #Coroner #homeless #socialdeterminants #housing

New research in Sleep Health highlights how sleep duration changes from adolescence into young adulthood and how socioeconomic context matters.
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#SleepHealth #AdolescentSleep #SocialDeterminants

They're just statistics and "accidents" for the American public.

The price they're willing to pay

#SocialDeterminants

Racism has consequences. Sprawl was borne out of racist policies and automobile lobbying

#SocialDeterminants

Texas Health Resources highlights community-impact grant; CASA for the Cross Timbers to lead local outreach in Erath County Texas Health Resources presented its Community Impact grant and named CASA for the Cross Timbers lead grantee for the Erath County collaboration; county partners outlined events and a 50-person pathway program to connect residents with social workers and services.

Erath County is set to transform community health with a groundbreaking grant supporting nearly 30 local nonprofits, focusing on vital needs like transportation and food access!

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#ErathCounty #TX #CitizenPortal #SocialDeterminants #CommunityCollaboration #HealthAccess

Committee weighs Medicaid demonstration to cover supportive housing services under Housing First model LB740 would authorize DHHS to seek federal Medicaid approval to fund supportive housing services (housing navigation, eviction prevention) and create a supportive-services fund; proponents cited evidence that Housing First reduces homelessness and public costs, while DHHS raised budget‑neutrality and federal compliance concerns.

Nebraska's Health and Human Services Committee is considering a groundbreaking bill that could revolutionize how Medicaid addresses homelessness, potentially saving millions in public costs through the Housing First model.

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#NE #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal #SocialDeterminants

Health equity goes beyond healthcare—it includes education, environment, and opportunity 🌱. Addressing root causes helps close gaps and improve lives. #SocialDeterminants #HealthJustice

Tempe Community Council lays out 2025–26 priorities, expands direct services and outlines funding plan Tempe Community Council presented a 2025–26 strategic direction to the City Council, highlighting program growth (Threads, Open Horizons, Triple P, VITA), a tested three-year renewal funding process, and stable audited finances despite a $68,000 net-asset decline.

The Tempe Community Council has unveiled an ambitious 2025–26 plan that promises to expand crucial services and ensure financial stability amid evolving community needs.

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#TempeMaricopaCounty #AZ #YouthPrevention #CitizenPortal #SocialDeterminants #CommunitySupport

Underserved communities face barriers to cervical cancer screening that go far beyond healthcare.

Equitable prevention means addressing structural barriers.
#CBIGSCREEN #HealthEquity #CervicalCancer #SocialDeterminants #TransHealth #NonBinary

Mental Health Systems: Why Distress Is Structural, Not Just Personal - Interconnected Earth Mental health has become a key topic in modern life but it has been made personal, forgetting how Mental Health Systems shape distress.

Mental health isn’t just personal. It’s systemic. From work and housing to education and inequality, distress is often built into the structure of society.
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#MentalHealth #MentalHealthSystems #PublicHealth #SocialDeterminants #Society

New Jersey Medicaid outlines housing supports, remediation and moving help for people with hoarding-related housing risks Tristan Gibson of the New Jersey Department of Human Services described a Housing Supports Program launched July 1, 2025, offering case management, remediation for mold and pests, moving supports and limited cleanup (cleanup authorization pending statewide rollout as of Oct. 30, 2025).

New Jersey's new Housing Supports Program is revolutionizing Medicaid by offering crucial assistance for those facing housing risks due to hoarding.

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#MonmouthCounty #NJ #BehavioralHealth #CitizenPortal #SocialDeterminants #MedicaidSupports #MonmouthCountyHousing

Does your zip code influence your health more than your genetic code? 🧬🏘️
Scientific evidence suggests that where you live determines your risk of chronic disease just as much as your biology.
A thread on #SocialDeterminants and #GlobalHealth. 🧵 1/4

Charlotte Hungerford hospital presents needs assessment; Fit Together highlights social-determinant interventions Hospital representatives told the Northwest Hills Council that social determinants — housing, food access, economic stress and related service access — are now the region’s top health concerns. Fit Together presenters called for local collaboration to address rising childhood obesity and provider shortages.

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital reveals alarming trends in community health, highlighting that social conditions like food security and housing stability are now the region's top concerns.

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#CT #SocialDeterminants #ChildhoodObesity #HealthAccess #CitizenPortal

Mental health is shaped by where we live, work, and belong.

Exclusion and insecurity harm wellbeing. Supportive environments are not a privilege.

They are essential.

#MentalHealthEquity #SocialDeterminants #ExpertsByExperience

Lincoln Hospital outlines supports for patients facing housing instability and post‑operative recovery Dr. Aki Fisher described Lincoln’s screening for social determinants, referral partnerships for medical respite and safety‑net and 'home for health' programs that link patients with housing resources to support recovery after procedures and manage chronic illness.

Lincoln Hospital is breaking new ground by connecting patients facing housing instability with essential medical and recovery support, ensuring that health care doesn't stop at the hospital door.

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#Bronx #NY #SocialDeterminants #BronxHousing #HealthAccess #ChronicIllnessSupport

Rethinking Social Needs and Health Care Utilization Sidebottom and colleagues1 examined the association between health-related social needs (HRSNs) and health care utilization within the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) model, a national demonstration designed to test whether screening for and addressing social needs could reduce avoidable health...

Population health programs targeting health-related social needs may function as temporary relief. Sustainable improvements require addressing underlying systemic barriers in #SocialDeterminants. ja.ma/4oW83w6

Only 4% of older adults hospitalized with heart failure or COPD had a documented social needs diagnosis—yet those who did faced significantly higher odds of ED visits or hospital readmissions. #SocialDeterminants #HealthEquity #HospitalReadmissions rdcu.be/eNGYs

#socialdeterminants #healthequity #atlanta #health #healthcare #community #collaboration #healthinallpolicies

Food and healthcare aren’t optional #budget lines. Pretending basic needs are negotiable engineers harm. Dividing “deserving” vs “everyone else” just keeps people fighting each other instead of seeing who’s pulling resources upward.
#publichealth #socialdeterminants
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Gravity Project presentation prompts COSHI alignment questions at Colorado health IT work group At a September Health IT Data Governance Work Group meeting, Corey Smith of the Gravity Project described standards for social determinants of health (SDOH) data. COSHI staff said they are aligning FHIR components and assessments to Gravity standards; participants discussed mapping nonstandard assessments, implementation tiers and barriers faced by

The Gravity Project is paving the way for a groundbreaking approach to standardize social determinants of health data, but key challenges remain for community organizations.

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#CO #DataStandardization #CitizenPortal #SocialDeterminants #HealthInteroperability

NCCIH Report "Understanding Indigenous health inequalities through a social determinants model"

October 17th is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Sharing #TheNCCIH "Social Determinants” resource collection to help spread awareness - loom.ly/3R0y0WY

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#SDoH #EndPoverty #SocialDeterminants #HealthEquity

🔍 A new study found that pregnant people in the most disadvantaged U.S. neighborhoods had a 73% ⬆️ risk of severe complications during delivery compared to those in the least disadvantaged areas.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41024747/

#MaternalHealth #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #SMM #SocialDeterminants

Healthy communities address social determinants like poverty, discrimination, and exclusion.

They ensure care for one another, make support accessible, and center lived experience in shaping the systems that serve them.

#socialdeterminants #healthycommunities #culturallyrelevantsupport

All we want to address is

#HealthEquity
#SocialDeterminants
#UpstreamCauses
#PlaceMatters
#StructuralRacism
#EnvironmentalJustice
#HousingStability
#FoodSecurity
#CleanAir
#SafeNeighborhoods
#EconomicOpportunity
#EducationAccess
#TransportationJustice
#HealthInAllPolicies

#HealthEquity
#SocialDeterminants
#UpstreamCauses
#PlaceMatters
#StructuralRacism
#EnvironmentalJustice
#HousingStability
#FoodSecurity
#CleanAir
#SafeNeighborhoods
#EconomicOpportunity
#EducationAccess
#TransportationJustice
#HealthInAllPolicies

Simultaneous exposure to socioeconomic disadvantages predicts poorer cardiovascular health among Brazilian adolescents—highlighting the urgent need to address social inequities early.
Read more: https://ow.ly/Lwsi50WTiN8

#YouthHealth #SocialDeterminants #HeartHealth #CardioSky #MedSky