Black Communities and Healthcare | Address SDOH

Welcome Back & Happy BLACK HISTORY MONTH! For the month of February, I would like to highlight Black Communities and Healthcare. I will unpack ways a clinician can better engage this population. In today’s post, I discuss what Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are and their significance in vulnerable populations like the black community. Here’s a bit of an overview with an video for explanation:

What are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)?

According to the World Health Organization, Social Determinants of Health are:

The non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.

The Importance of SDOH

SDOH has an important influence on health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries.

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