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Stephen E. Straus Lecture - All Health Is Not Created Equal: Where You Live Matters

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Air date:	Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 3,191 (1,736 Live, 1,455 On-demand)
Category:	National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Runtime:	00:58:20
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Description:	Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture Maybe the saying shouldn’t be “you are what you eat,” but rather “you are where you eat.” Social and economic factors, such as where someone lives, have powerful influences on people’s health. This association holds true not only for access to healthy food but also for other things such as housing conditions and green space availability. Such factors impact risk of exposure and susceptibility to many diseases and conditions, including COVID-19. In her presentation, Dr. Shannon Zenk will explore the science behind social determinants of health and demonstrate how vital effective integrative or multilevel approaches are when addressing health and health inequities. Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and otherwise spend their time. They affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Dr. Zenk will share how to better understand what affects people’s health and drives health disparities, and ultimately how to develop effective interventions to improve the public’s health and eliminate inequities. Dr. Zenk brings a unique perspective to this lecture as a nurse, a population health scientist, and, since September 2020, the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. For more information go to https://www.nccih.nih.gov/news/events/fall-winter-2020-straus-lecture-topictitle-tbd

NLM Title:	All health is not created equal : where you live matters / Shannon N. Zenk.
Author:	Zenk, Shannon N. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture Maybe the saying shouldn't be "you are what you eat," but rather "you are where you eat." Social and economic factors, such as where someone lives, have powerful influences on people's health. This association holds true not only for access to healthy food but also for other things such as housing conditions and green space availability. Such factors impact risk of exposure and susceptibility to many diseases and conditions, including COVID-19. In her presentation, Dr. Shannon Zenk will explore the science behind social determinants of health and demonstrate how vital effective integrative or multilevel approaches are when addressing health and health inequities. Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and otherwise spend their time. They affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Dr. Zenk will share how to better understand what affects people's health and drives health disparities, and ultimately how to develop effective interventions to improve the public's health and eliminate inequities. Dr. Zenk brings a unique perspective to this lecture as a nurse, a population health scientist, and, since September 2020, the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health.
Subjects:	Community Networks Health Equity Healthy Lifestyle Residence Characteristics Social Determinants of Health United States
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	W 76 AA1
NLM ID:	101775908
CIT Live ID:	40083
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=40083

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