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  • Cardiovascular disease is the top global cause of health issues and deaths, with social factors significantly affecting these health outcomes.
  • A review of existing research highlighted 50 studies that commonly used data from electronic health records, national surveys, and census information to address healthcare access and neighborhood risk factors.
  • Most interventions focused on improving healthcare access rather than addressing broader social determinants like economic stability and education, indicating that there is still untapped potential in using this data to reduce cardiovascular disease burden.

Article Abstract

Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prior research suggests that social determinants of health have a compounding effect on health and are associated with cardiovascular disease. This scoping review explores what and how social determinants of health data are being used to address cardiovascular disease and improve health equity. Methods and Results After removing duplicate citations, the initial search yielded 4110 articles for screening, and 50 studies were identified for data extraction. Most studies relied on similar data sources for social determinants of health, including geocoded electronic health record data, national survey responses, and census data, and largely focused on health care access and quality, and the neighborhood and built environment. Most focused on developing interventions to improve health care access and quality or characterizing neighborhood risk and individual risk. Conclusions Given that few interventions addressed economic stability, education access and quality, or community context and social risk, the potential for harnessing social determinants of health data to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease remains unrealized.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10727404PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.030571DOI Listing

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