Date of Presentation
5-5-2022 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
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 by COVID pandemic, which disproportionately affected minority racial groups
Physicians must understand these core principles in order to bring forth change
Our objective: quality improvement project to improve Rowan’s Internal medicine residents’ awareness and understanding of SDOH
Keywords
Medical Education, Social Determinants of Health, Healthcare Disparities, Quality Improvement
Disciplines
Health and Medical Administration | Health Services Research | Medical Education | Medical Humanities | Medicine and Health Sciences
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Health and Medical Administration Commons, Health Services Research Commons, Medical Education Commons, Medical Humanities Commons
Changing Internal Medicine Residents’ Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health
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 by COVID pandemic, which disproportionately affected minority racial groups
Physicians must understand these core principles in order to bring forth change
Our objective: quality improvement project to improve Rowan’s Internal medicine residents’ awareness and understanding of SDOH