Showing results for "Determinants of Health" in All Categories

Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health-care options - these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer?

The publication of Power vs. Force by Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., reveals to the general public secret information heretofore only shared by the author with certain Nobelists and world leaders. Analyzing the basic nature of human thought and consciousness itself, the author makes available to everyone the key to penetrating the last barrier to the advancement of civilization and science and resolving the most crucial of all human dilemmas.

ASCO presents Social Determinants of Health in Cancer Care, a podcast series in which oncologists, patients, advocates, and other thought leaders in health equity, turn a spotlight on actionable methods to provide equitable access to cancer care despite nonbiological factors.

The health-care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide disparities persist between social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. In this revised edition of Health Disparities in the United States, Donald A. Barr provides extensive new data about the ways low socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact to create and perpetuate these health disparities.

Mind the Disruption is a show about people who refuse to accept things as they are. It's about people pushing for better health for all. It's about people like us who have a deep desire to build a healthier, more just world. On Mind the Disruption, a podcast by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), you’ll hear the stories of people who have disrupted the usual ways of doing things in their organizations, communities, and society in pursuit of better health for all. In weaving together interviews with community organizers, public health practitioners, ...

Join us for an enlightening episode of BeeWellwithMS featuring Professor Helen Ford, a renowned expert on social determinants of health and their impact on MS. In this conversation, we explore what brain health means to Prof Ford personally, and delve into the concept of social determinants of health (SDOH) and their connection to MS.We discuss the critical role of SDOH in MS and why it is vital for people living with MS to understand its implications. Can we reduce the burden of MS or even prevent its development by addressing SDOH? Do people who face more financial and employment challenges ...