Social Drivers of Health Can Impact Regular Exercise, Increase CVD Risk: Melvin Echols, MD

AJMC August 8, 2025
Sabrina McCrear, Melvin Echols, MD, Rose McNulty

Social drivers of health are determined primarily by an individual’s economic stability, access to quality education, and health care. These factors also play a key role in the proportion of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) in an individual’s lifetime, which can also impact their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

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Black women had the lowest moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) scores when compared with their male counterparts and White men and women in a recent study evaluating physical activity trajectories before and after a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event. The American Journal of Managed Care® spoke with Melvin Echols, MD, the chief DEI officer of the American College of Cardiology, associate professor of medicine in cardiovascular disease at Morehouse School of Medicine,...

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