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Understanding social aspects that affect health is critical to achieving health equity

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A person’s ability to live a healthy life is affected not only by biological and genetic factors but also by the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work, play and age. Called social determinants of health, these factors account for 80% of the impact on an individual’s health. Providing safe, quality care to the increasingly diverse patient population at Penn State Health requires...

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