Achieving Health Equity in Hypertension Management Through Addressing the Social Determinants of Health.

Purpose Of Review: The goals of this paper were to examine recent literature on the social determinants of health as they relate to hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and discuss relevance to the practice of emergency medicine.

Recent Findings: Social determinants of health, defined by the World Health Organization as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age" ( https://www.who.

Use of Group Concept Mapping to Identify Patient Domains of Uncertainty That Contribute to Emergency Department Use.

Introduction: Prior research suggests that uncertainty related to symptoms is a driver of emergency department (ED) use, and that patients often leave the ED with uncertainty not being addressed. Our objective was to engage patients to identify domains that contribute to feelings of uncertainty and decisions to use the ED.

Methods: We used Group Concept Mapping, a quasi-qualitative/quasi-quantitative method, to elicit patients' views on how uncertainty related to experiencing symptoms contributes to decisions to access the ED.