Socioeconomic status (SES) is a critical measure that helps to correlate well-being and
social status. SES plays a significant role in determining an individual's quality of life, health …

Medical schools are increasingly called to include social responsibility in their mandates. As
such, they are focusing their attention on the social determinants of health (SDOH) as key …

Social and political policy, human activities, and environmental change affect the ways in
which microbial communities assemble and interact with people. These factors determine …

Through a phone-based field experiment, I investigated the effect of mental help seekers'
race, class, and gender on the accessibility of psychotherapists. Three hundred and twenty …

Importance The US health care system is typically organized around hospitals and specialty
care. The value of primary care remains unclear and debated. Objective To determine …

Background This study reports on physicians' experiences with chronic pain management.
For over a decade prescription opioids have been a primary treatment for chronic pain in …

Importance Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care may result from
discrimination. Objectives To identify differences in the rates at which patients belonging to …

Background People who inject drugs have high rates of hepatitis C (HCV) and yet many
remain undiagnosed and untreated. HCV treatment guidelines and elimination strategies …

Correspondence tests are the golden standard to examine discriminatory behavior in the
real world. This chapter starts with distinguishing correspondence tests from related …

Background Lower socioeconomic strata (SES) populations have higher chronic disease
risks. Smartphone-based interventions can support adoption of health behaviors that may, in …