Open AccessSocial Determinants of Health, From Assessment to Action:
Author(s) -
Cecelia Harrison,
Madeline Brooks,
Jennifer N. Goldstein
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
delaware journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-6378
DOI - 10.32481/djph.2020.07.019
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , social determinants of health , pandemic , environmental health , data collection , public health , political science , covid-19 , economic growth , geography , medicine , sociology , nursing , social science , disease , cartography , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
The COVID-19 crisis highlights the importance of screening for and managing adverse social determinants of health (SDoH). Many of the same SDoH items that put individuals at increased risk of COVID-19 infection have increased dramatically due to the economic repercussions of slowing the viral spread.