Eighty percent of health outcomes - individual and population - are determined by the Social Determinants of Health (SDH). Twenty percent are determined by biological factors. Health care providers typically focus on these biological determinants and place far less consideration on the SDH. This talk focuses on the societal and medical structures that can negatively affect health outcomes and how we can best consider them to assure health equity.
Learning Objectives
1. List the main components of the social determinants of health.
2. Describe the effects of structural racism on health outcomes through its effects on the social determinants of health.
3. Describe steps to mitigate the effects of structural racism in patient care.
Presenter
Bernard Lopez, MD, MS, CPE, FACEP, FAAEM
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Accreditation and Credit Statements
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.
ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 0.5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Disclaimer
This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.
Questions
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