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On 1/27/11, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> [EQ] When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social 
> Determinants of Health?
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> Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
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> When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social Determinants 
> of Health?
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> Paula A. Braveman, , Susan A. Egerter, Steven H. Woolf,  James S. 
> Marks From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University 
> of California San Francisco (Braveman, Egerter), San Francisco, 
> California; the Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth 
> University (Woolf), Richmond, Virginia; and the Robert Wood Johnson 
> Foundation (Marks), Princeton, New Jersey
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> Am J Prev Med 2011;40(1S1):S58-S66 - 2011 American Journal of 
> Preventive Medicine
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> Website: http://bit.ly/gWr6i7
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> ".....The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a 
> Healthier America was charged to identify strategies beyond medical 
> care to address health disparities in the U.S. related to social and 
> economic disadvantage.
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> Based on insights gained while providing scientifıc support for the 
> commission's efforts, this paper presents an overview of major issues 
> that arise when assessing evidence to inform policies and programs to 
> address the social determinants of health. While many of the insights 
> are not new, they have not been widely assimilated within medicine and
public health.
> They have particular relevance now, given growing awareness of the 
> important health influences of social factors.
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> The discussion presented here is intended to highlight key 
> considerations for researchers who study social determinants of health 
> and policymakers whose decisions are shaped by research fındings. 
> Policies should be based on the best available knowledge, derived from
diverse sources and methods.
> An array of tools and guidelines is now available to guide the 
> assessment of evidence on the social determinants of health, building 
> on-and going beyond-principles fırst articulated in the "Evidence-Based
Medicine"
> movement.
> The central thesis of the current paper is that the standards for 
> evidence to guide social policies must be equally rigorous but also 
> more comprehensive than those traditionally used to inform clinical 
> interventions, because social policies must deal with upstream factors 
> that affect health through complex causal pathways over potentially 
> long time periods.."
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> Broadening the Focus: The Need to Address the Social Determinants of 
> Health American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 1, 
> Supplement 1, January 2011, Pages S4-S18 Paula A. Braveman, Susan A. 
> Egerter, Robin E. Mockenhaupt
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> Website: http://bit.ly/i6RG63
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> "...While ensuring that individuals have access to appropriate medical 
> care and information about health-promoting behaviors remains 
> important, effective solutions also will require a broader focus on 
> the contexts that powerfully shape both health behaviors and health 
> itself. Much remains to be learned about which strategies are most 
> effective, but current knowledge is suffıcient to indicate promising
directions.."
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> Commission publications:
> http://www.commissiononhealth.org/Publications.aspx
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