Social Determinants of Health

Social Networks & Health

• Small Gestures, Big Impact: Feeling Loved Increases Well-Being (Study Finds)

• The Power of Positive People (The New York Times)

• How to Make Friends as an Adult — and Why It's Important (Time)
• What is the physiological basis of the healing touch? (Aeon)

Religion & Health

• What this sunny, religious town in California teaches us about living longer. (CNN)

• Religious people live four years longer than atheists (Daily Mail)

Race, Ethnicity, & Health

• The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health (American Bar Association)

• Racism's Chronic Stress Likely Contributes To Health Disparities (NPR)
• This Is How Racism Impacts Your Health (Science AF)
• An emergency-room doctor explains why being racist is bad for your health (Quartz)
• How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants (National Public Radio)
• The elephant in the delivery room: How doctor bias hurts black and brown mothers (NBC News)
• Medicine Is Getting More Precise … For White People (Five Thirty Eight)
• Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System (NPR)
• Scientists Start To Tease Out The Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health (NPR)
• Why is it so hard to close the racial health gap in the US? (The Conversation)
• How racism, segregation drive health disparities (AMA)
• Wider Racial Gap Found in Cervical Cancer Deaths (New York Times)

Gender & Health

• COPD Lung Disease Now Afflicts More Women Than Men In U.S. (Kaiser Health News)
• The gender wealth gap is even more concerning than the wage gap (JP Morgan Chase)
• Women Are the Invisible Victims of PTSD (Vice)
• Why heart attack symptoms are sometimes missed in women (CNN)
• Are women’s heart attacks really that different from men’s? (Washington Post)
• If men are favored in our society, why do they die younger than women? (The Conversation)

Income, Wealth & Health

• We're 50% more likely to die in the 20 years following a personal financial disaster (Quartz)
• Here's How Being Broke Can Impact Your Mental Health (Refinery 29)
• For rappers, wealth doesn’t always rhyme with health (Washington Post)
• Upsurge Of Suburban Poor Discover Health Care’s Nowhere Land (Kaiser Health News)
• We’re making real progress against cancer. But you may not know it if you’re poor. (Vox)
• No, poor people don't eat the most fast food (CNN)
• A simple facial cue that hints at whether you’re part of the 1% (Quartz)
• The wealthiest 1% of Americans live 10 to 15 years longer than the poorest 1% (Mic)
• America Is Getting Richer and Sicker (Bloomberg)

Education & Health

• How Your Education Level May Be Linked to Your Risk of Heart Disease (Live Science)

Social Class & Health

• Rich or poor? Your pee holds the answer (Futurity)
  

• Deaths of despair: why America’s medical industry explains working-class suicides | Society | The Guardian

• The American dream may help the poorest among us live longer. Here’s why (The Los Angeles Times)

• Rich People Don’t Just Live Longer. They Also Get More Healthy Years (The New York Times)

• Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts (The Atlantic)

• It's time to bust some myths about genes, inheritance and health (World Economic Forum)

• The unfortunate reason people lie to their doctors  (MarketWatch)
• Poor Americans Really Are in Despair (The Atlantic)
• Is the American Dream killing us? (The Washington Post)

Age & Health

• How Ageism Negatively Affects Older People’s Health (Time)

LGBTQ+ & Health

• 'Here It Goes': Coming Out To Your Doctor In Rural America (NPR)
• Coming Out To Your Doctor In Rural America (National Public Radio)
• Health Care System Fails Many Transgender Americans (National Public Radio)
• American Doctors Are Failing Their LGBT Patients (Pacific Standard)
• How British Doctors Are Working Towards Trans Inclusivity (Refinery 29)
• Woman says 'lesbianism' listed as problem in medical history (WSOCTV)

Disabilities & Health

• Disability backlog tops 1M; thousands die on waitlist (CBS News)
• Facts for Features: Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26 (U.S. Census)

Geography & Health

• Community characteristics may affect life expectancy (Medical News Today)
• The Geography of Health in America (CityLab)
• Where you live has a bigger impact on happiness and health than you might imagine (My San Antonio)
• Rural America needs help solving its growing obesity crisis (Quartz)
• Report ranks the healthiest and least healthy states in the US (CNN)

Environmental Factors & Health

• Deforestation is leading to more infectious diseases in humans (National Geographic)

• Greener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities (Reuters)

• There is a word for the trauma caused by distance from nature (Quartz)

• Greener Childhood Associated With Happier Adulthood (INPR)

• Your Environment Is Cleaner. Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared. (The New York Times)

• Noisy cities disrupt heartbeat and could trigger disease, study suggests (The Telegraph)

Family & Health

• Marriage is (literally) good for the heart: study (Medical News Today)
• Surprising ways your partner can affect your health (Medical News Today)
• How marriage might be linked to lower dementia risk (CNN)
• The Surprising Link Between Marriage and Heart Health (Time)
• Holding hands to comfort loved ones does help reduce pain, US study shows (The Telegraph)

Health  & Work

• Workplace Wellness Programs Really Don’t Work (Bloomberg)
• A bad work environment could lead to poor health (CNN)
• When It’s OK to Be a Workaholic (The Washington Post)
• Working Longer May Benefit Your Health (Forbes)
• A stressful job could actually be good for your health, experts say (The Telegraph)
• Fatique in the Workplace (National Safety Council)