The first time I heard the phrase ‘social determinants of health’—the nonmedical factors that influence a person’s health—I was in graduate school. I was rapt as my professor described the conditions that make it more difficult for people to maintain or improve their health, such as lack of reliable transportation, unsafe housing, unsteady employment, lack… Continue reading I Grew Up Without Equitable Access to Care. That’s Why Health Equity is Now My Life’s Work. The post I G...
