Patient Engagement January 7, 2019
Looking at state rankings based on patient health underscores the prevalence of health disparities often caused by the social determinants of health.
New insights about the nation’s health and life expectancy shines a light on the social determinants of health and how those factors impact health disparities and wellness in different communities.
While the 2018 America’s Health Ranking from the United Health Foundation revealed that childhood poverty rates are decreasing, communities are experiencing influxes of adult obesity and chronic illness that are onset by adverse social determinants of health.
The social determinants of health are the various social factors that impact an individual’s or a community’s ability to obtain wellness.