Access to Healthcare: Social Determinism

 

Social Determinants in Health: Providing Access to Healthcare

Mediating healthcare equities and social determinants

Where we work, live, play, learn, and so on are known as our social determinants as contributing factors, or variables, to our overall health. These factors could potentially contribute to experiencing disease attributes of a dementia, which is a focus of this article.

Health inequities is a hot button of discussion in today’s healthcare marketplace, busy with mergers and acquisitions, on the heels of year 3 Covid. Our Nation, as discussed by President Biden, in celebrations of Medicare and Medicaid’s 57^th Anniversary, continues to provide 140 million Americans, many who are pregnant women, seniors, families, and people with disabilities. The American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act, stated the President, allow Medicaid to negotiate better deals on prescription drugs, saving chronic illness suffers plenty, and reciprocally, a market area experiencing a good bit of fluctuation.  

Somewhat switching gears, Covid and other public health crises, as well as economic uncertainty, are contributing factors, considered as health research variables, that direct our attention to disparities, as health inequities that persist across generations. Persistence is inductively anticipated as some organizational policies and practices systematically limit access to health care and related opportunities.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in the United States, in building on research contributions to analysis, are intercorrelates of chronic disease disparities in specific communities of the United States. SDOH includes:  racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups experiencing systematically limiting opportunities for members to be healthy, according to recent CDC data.

U.S. Marks September as Alzheimer’s month

This month lends special focus in the healthcare industry to healthcare activities addressing Alzheimer’s and SDOH. Today, we sit amidst a growing body of research examining economic and social variables that contribute to overall health and risk for disease such as Alzheimer’s and ADRDs.  There is a need for more research to determine the extent to which SDOH contributes to dementia. A bit of good news from recent research is contributing factors to Alzheimer’s and ADRDs: some factors are reversible. This is where good healthcare programs offered by best-of-breed managed care organizations, come into play.

To continue highlighting opportunities for health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid just celebrated its 57^th birthday. These two programs continue to give millions of Americans the dignity and security of affordable health care coverage and strengthening citizen wellness opportunities. Today, 140 million Americans benefit from these healthcare programs, including millions of seniors, pregnant women, families, and people with disabilities. And your managed care health provider offers Alzheimer’s and related dementias programs.

Disease contributing factors?

Neighborhoods including periodic or systemic economic disadvantages offer a reduced number of physical resources, as opportunities for individuals to stay active and safely, thus potentially contributing to ADRDs. High stress levels are known contributors to ADRDs, while staying socially active can diminish risks. Adversity as life trauma is also associated with ADRD risks, particularly as outcome of racial discrimination experiences including biases of color, religion, race, sex, and sexual preference. Socioeconomic status (SES) also leads to higher risk of ADRDs through verbal microaggressions or macroaggression regarding education level, employment, and segregation by residence.  

Improving Health Opportunities

Securing one’s health through the Medicaid Medicare, and managed care system, particularly through disease program mediation, invites health improvements diverting disease exacerbation and promoting overall total health outcomes. Moreover, advances in wholistic health interventions also offer additional hope, as does pharmaceutical advancements.

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