Social Determinants of Health

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies social determinants of health as “the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play.” Evidence suggests that these factors are as influential on health as access to health care and individual behaviors.

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The effects of having an incarcerated family member on Black women’s health

  • Hedwig Lee, Christopher Wildeman, Emily A. Wang, Niki Matusko, and James S. Jackson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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COVID-19 and Poverty

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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Discrimination and African American health inequities

  • Bridget Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter M. Mitchell
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2020
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How Well-Being Measures Can Help Communities Fight Poverty and Despair

  • Anita Chandra and Carol Graham
  • Webinar
  • 2019
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The brain science of poverty and its policy implications

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2019
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Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2019
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A history of residential segregation in the United States

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2019
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Reducing pregnancy-Related maternal deaths in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2018
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Paid parental leave in the United States

  • Emma Caspar
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018