We live in a much healthier world today. In the 20th century alone, life expectancy increased by 30 years as a result of major discoveries and improvements in public health, such as vaccination, ...

Len M. Nichols ([email protected]) is director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and a professor of health policy at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lauren A. Taylor ...

The term social determinants of health (SDOH) is ubiquitous in health care; equally pervasive is the misuse of the term to characterize health system interventions to address non-medical factors that ...

On Dec. 4, local and regional leaders celebrated the launch of the Nashoba Health Equity Partnership, which was formed to ...

Discussions of social determinants of health might focus on the obvious ones—like income or education—while overlooking some other social determinants that impact health in complex ways. In recent ...

Nurses 'have a really important role in improving health equity and addressing societal factors,' AONL conference speaker says. Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients' social ...

While the majority of newborns are born healthy at term gestational age, with the advancement of medical/surgical ...

UnitedHealthcare tapped 66 not-for-profit organizations spread over 12 states to receive grant funding to help expand access to care. The $11.1 million in grant funding, which falls under ...

Decode Colorado, digs into the healthcare landscape in Colorado. When you consider how, when, and why you get sick or deal with certain health conditions, are factors like race, socioeconomic status, ...