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Social Determinants of Health: An Overview for the Primary Care

WEBSocial determinants of health (SDoH) are reflected in how people live (access to health care, economic stability, built environment, food security, climate), learn (the educational …

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Quality Improvement Principles and Practice

WEBA quality improvement strategy has become increasingly recognized as an essential ingredient for the success of health care organizations. Those who work in …

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Health Care Value

WEBHealth care delivery in the United States has become complex and inefficient. With national health care gross domestic product and out-of-pocket expenses …

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A Guide to Exercise Prescription

WEBExercise is a fundamental component of good health. The American College of Sports Medicine and “Exercise is Medicine” recommend treating exercise as a vital sign, and …

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What Is Population Health

WEBPopulation health, then, is the health of populations defined by a variety of factors, such as clinical practice, geographic location, disease status, or social …

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Sexual Health and the LGBTQ+ Community

WEBExpand at first use (“lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), and others”? Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and …

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The Social Context: Social and Behavioral Factors That Affect …

WEBTo achieve understanding and best care, screening and treating patients should consider the patient’s social environment. Social and behavioral factors influence …

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Assessing and Addressing Social Determinants of Health

WEBThere is growing recognition that social determinants of health influence individual and population health. A well-designed population health management …

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Sexual and Gender Minority Health Care Disparities

WEBGender and sexual minority individuals face considerable physical and mental health disparities, health risk factors, and barriers to care. These disparities are …

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Social Determinants of Health: An Overview for the Primary …

WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) defines social determinants of health (SDoH) as, “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. . . the conditions in which people …

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Economic Determinants of Health Disparities and the Role of the …

WEBThe economic determinants of adverse personal health outcomes and population level disparities pose a daunting challenge for primary care providers in …

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Community and Stakeholder Engagement

WEBImproving population health in a sustainable way requires collaboration within the medical community and also working through partnerships among multiple …

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Health Disparities, Substance-Use Disorders, and Primary-Care

WEBThis chapter discusses the barriers related to treating substance use disorders (SUD) in primary-care building an argument that stigma is the largest health …

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Risk Factors and Lifestyle Interventions

WEBThere are many nonmodifiable and modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Nonmodifiable risk factors include age, genetics, epigenetics, and social …

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The role of nutrition and nutrients in the prevention of chronic

WEBThe title of this article seems at first glance to be quite redundant—“..nutrition and nutrients?” Nutrition is more than just the sum total of all known nutrients. Physical …

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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL …

WEBThe ultimate goal of child and adolescent health is to help children become functioning and competent adults. Children and adolescents reach that goal by pro …

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FOLK MEDICINE AND HEALTH CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY …

WEBFolk medicine comprises those “unofficial” health practices and beliefs found in all societies. These include both religious elements (e.g., prayers for healing or the …

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What Is Population Health

WEBThey delineate population health as including “health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link these two (Box 1).”6 Population …

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Human Trafficking in Adolescents

WEBabused, or exposed to other childhood trauma, have increased risk of human traf-ficking.3 Health care professionals have reported a lack of training or resources for identifying …

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Beyond The Folstein

WEBThe most devastating mental health problem in the elderly is probably dementia. There are few areas in geriatrics that represent the fundamental principles of caring for the elderly …

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Beyond The Folstein

WEBMENTAL HEALTH 0095-4543/99 $8.00 + .OO BEYOND THE FOLSTEIN Dementia in Primary Care David F. Howarth, MD, MPH, John M. Heath, MD, and Frank C. Snope, …

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