Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions where people live, learn, work, and play. SDOH drive disparities in health outcomes, but most studies have focused on documenting the role of the SDOH rather than on identifying interventions that directly influence the SDOH. Environmental factors are both a component of and also a potential target for intervention on the SDOH. This session, which will include examples from both high income and low and middle income countries, will discuss how environmental factors are a core component of the SDOH and show that environmental interventions can change the SDOH and address health disparities.
• Describe approaches to quantifying SDOH in the context of high income and low income settings
• Define how global factors such as climate change influences the relationship between household energy insecurity and SDOH
• Define new strategies for changing the SDOH through environmental interventions
John Balmes, MD, ATSF
Isaretta Riley, MD, MPH
Obianuju Ozoh, MBBS, ATSF, MSc
Diana Hernandez, PhD
Peggy Lai, MPH, MD, ATSF
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