SDOH can be classified into five domains: social and community context, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, economic stability, and education access and quality. SDOH are major drivers for cardiovascular health outcomes that exceed the impact from traditional risk factors, and explain inequities in health outcomes observed across different groups of individuals. SDOH profoundly impacts healthcare's receipt, delivery, and outcomes. Many patients fall within various disenfranchised groups (e.g., identify with minority race, low socioeconomic status, low educational attainment, LGBTQ+), which impact overall health status and care. Learning to understand, recognize, and address SDOH as the driving force of disparities are critical for achieving health equity in the prevention and adequate treatment of ASCVD.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- health information
- quality improvement
- mental health
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- affordable care act
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- coronary artery disease
- skeletal muscle
- social media
- pain management
- patient reported outcomes
- insulin resistance
- smoking cessation
- health promotion
- health insurance