Social Determinants of Health

"Social Determinants of Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).

Descriptor ID	D064890
MeSH Number(s)	N01.224.425.762 N01.400.675
Concept/Terms	Social Determinants of Health Social Determinants of Health Health Social Determinant Health Social Determinants

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Social Determinants of Health".

Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Health Status [N01.224.425]
Social Determinants of Health [N01.224.425.762]
Health [N01.400]
Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Social Determinants of Health".

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Bar chart showing 86 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2015	3	0	3
2016	4	3	7
2017	5	0	5
2018	2	1	3
2019	12	1	13
2020	10	2	12
2021	5	2	7
2022	6	4	10
2023	5	2	7
2024	7	7	14
2025	4	1	5

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Richard K, D'Anna R, Dahlberg SE, White H, Agarwal A, Edeburn K, Sheils CA, Rhein LM, Levin JC. Impact of Social Determinants on Home Oxygen Therapy Duration in Preterm Infants: A Study Utilizing the Childhood Opportunity Index. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 May; 60(5):e71132.

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Gao T, Zheng Y, Joyce B, Liu L, Liu L, Kiefe C, Forrester S, Yu B, Bhatt A, Gordon-Larsen P, Lloyd-Jones D, Zhang K, Hou L. Developing a Novel Index for Individual-Level Social Determinants and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Mar 13; 22(3).

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Silver SR, Jones KC, Kim EM, Khaw-Marchetta S, Thornton S, Kremer K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML, Fantasia KL. Disparities in Diabetes Distress and Nutrition Management Among Black and Hispanic Adults: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Social Determinants. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2025 Feb; 51(1):24-35.

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Griswold MK, Crawford SL, Person SD, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Cozier YC. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among Primiparous Black Women. Breastfeed Med. 2025 May; 20(5):310-319.

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Cook JA, Jonikas JA, Burke-Miller JK, Aranda F, Mullen MG, Davis M, Sabella K. Social Determinants, Mental Well-Being, and Disrupted Life Transitions Among Young Adults with Disabling Mental Health Conditions. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2025 04; 52(2):263-281.

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Ginggeaw S, LeBlanc R, Chung J. Social Determinants of Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Feb; 34(2):107-119.

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Beydoun HA, Beydoun MA, Kinney RL, Liu S, Yu R, Allison M, Wallace RB, Xiao Q, Liu L, Gradidge P, Jung SY, Tindle HA, Follis S, Brunner R, Tsai J. Pathways From Socioeconomic Factors to Major Cardiovascular Events Among Postmenopausal Veteran and Nonveteran Women: Findings From the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Dec 17; 13(24):e037253.

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Claudel SE, Verma A. Social Determinants of Health and Cumulative Incidence of Mortality Among US Adults Without Major Chronic Diseases. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May; 40(7):1527-1537.

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Besser LM, Forrester SN, Arabadjian M, Bancks MP, Culkin M, Hayden KM, Le ET, Pierre-Louis I, Hirsch JA. Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0313625.

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Berrett-Abebe J, Reed SC. Exploring the Relationship between Food Insecurity, Chronic Health Conditions, and Serious Mental Illness in the United States: Implications for Social Work. Health Soc Work. 2024 Aug 01; 49(3):147-156.

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