Tag Archives: Social Determinants of Health

Health Inequalities amongst People of African Descent in the Americas, 2005–2017: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Authors: Sandra del Pino, Sol Beatriz Sánchez-Montoya, José Milton Guzmán, Oscar J. Mújica, Juan Gómez-Salgado and Carlos Ruiz-Frutos Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Published online: 8 September 2019 Abstract: Ethnic inequalities are often associated with social determinants of health. This study seeks to identify the latest scientific evidence on inequalities in […]


Building a Foundation to Reduce Health Inequities: Routine Collection of Sociodemographic Data in Primary Care

Andrew D. Pinto, Gabriela Glattstein-Young, Anthony Mohamed, Gary Bloch, Fok-Han Leung, Richard H. Glazier J Am Board Fam Med, May-June 2016;29(3):348 –355 Published online: May 2016 Abstract / Resumen: Introduction: Detailed data on social determinants of health can facilitate the identification of inequities in access to health care. We report on a sociodemographic data collection tool […]


Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT): Software for exploring and comparing health inequalities

The World Health Organization Overview: Equity is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In pledging to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries have committed themselves to leave no one behind. Health inequality monitoring is critical to understand who is being left behind as it can identify differences in health between […]


World Development Indicators 2016: Featuring the Sustainable Development Goals

World Bank Group Published online: April 2016 Overview / Visión General These WDI Highlights are drawn from World Development Indicators (WDI) 2016 – the World Bank’s compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of people’s lives. WDI is regularly updated and new data are added in response to the needs of […]


Healthy Ageing: Raising Awareness of Inequalities, Determinants, and What Could Be Done to Improve Health Equity

Gerontologist, 2016, Vol. 56, No. S2, S178–S193
Published online: January 2016


Moving forward monitoring of the social determinants of health in a country: lessons from England 5 years after the Marmot Review

Global Health Action, vol 9 (2016)
Published online: 25 February 2016


What can public health do to address inequities in infectious disease?

Can Comm Dis Rep 2016; 42-Suppl 1:S14-7.
Published online: February 2016


Advancing health equity to improve health: The time is now

CCDR: Volume 42S-1, Feb, 2016: Social Determinants of Health
Published online: 18 February 2016


MONITORING HEALTH DETERMINANTS WITH AN EQUITY FOCUS The importance of intersectoral factors in promoting equity-oriented universal health coverage: a multilevel analysis of social determinants affecting neonatal infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh

Global Health Action, [S.l.], v. 9, feb. 2016
Published online: 12 February 2016


Swimming ‘upstream’ to tackle the social determinants of health

BMJ Qual Saf, 2016
Published Online: January 2016