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Changing Internal Medicine Residents’ Perspectives On Social Determinants Of Health, Timsal Ghani, Diana Vargas, Yvette Wang
Changing Internal Medicine Residents’ Perspectives On Social Determinants Of Health, Timsal Ghani, Diana Vargas, Yvette Wang
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Social determinants of health (SDOH)
- conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, play and worship
- affect wide range of health, functioning and quality of life
SDOH play enormous roles in health and well being
- annual US deaths attributable to SDOH equivalent to the number due to lung cancer
- place of birth, race and income all have strong influence on health outcomes
- place of birth is more strongly associated with life expectancy than race or genetics
There is growing awareness of importance of social factors in improving overall population health and wellbeing
- highlighted …
Evaluating The Relationship And Outcomes Of Ischemic Stroke In Patients With Covid-19 While Also Reviewing Overall Incidence And Mortality Of Stroke In Vulnerable Populations In The Us, Jaime Dougherty
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
COVID-19 has affected the worldwide population since early 2020 and has remained a health issue. Among the various symptoms and outcomes people are encountering when infected with COVID-19, this virus has also been connected to severe vascular insults involving large vessel occlusions.
Current stroke statistics indicate a nearly twice as high risk of stroke in African Americans when compared to whites. This brings into question how social determinants of health are affecting COVID-19 and stroke incidence.
The purpose of this review is to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 and ischemic stroke while advocating for a more robust primary prevention approach …