Top 3 Articles on Social Determinants of Health

Posted February 11, 2016

From the Library Service, here are the top 3 academic articles on social determinants of health. This light reading is very complementary to the webinar the Fall Prevention CoP recently hosted called "Getting to the Root of Injury Prevention: Social determinants of health". Any of these articles can be sent to you in full text for free by submitting a request to the Library Service. 


Top 3



  1. Hunter BD, Neiger B, West J. The importance of addressing social determinants of health at the local level: the case for social capital. Health & Social Care Community 2011;19(5) :522



  1. Koh HK, Piotrowski JJ, Kumanyika S, Fielding J. Healthy people: a 2020 vision for the social determinants approach. Health Educ Behav 2011;38(6) :551



  1. Levasseur M, Genereux M, Bruneau JF, Vanasse A, Chabot E, Beaulac C, Bedard MM. Importance of proximity to resources, social support, transportation and neighbourhood security for mobility and social participation in older adults: results from a scoping study. BMC Public Health 2015;epub ahead of print

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