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Covers various aspects of social determinants of health related to the surgical field, including internalization of social determinants of health; social determinants of health and disease initiation, progression, and outcomes; and social determinants of health from a research perspective.
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Contains chapters on a wide range of topics as social determinants of health in surgery, including intersectionality, insurance, stress, finances, neighborhood, healthcare access, community engagement, literacy, and more.
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Discusses study design and outcomes, interventions, and future directions in social determinants of health in surgery.
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Table of Contents
1. Social Determinants of Health in Surgery
Section I. Theoretical Frameworks for Social Determinants of Health
2. Internalizing Social Determinants of Health: the Ecosocial and Weathering Theories
3. Allostatic Load - Measurement Issues in Cancer Patients and Other Populations
4. The Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity
Section II. Social Determinants of Health in Surgery
5. Finances as a Social Determinant of Health in Surgery
6. Neighborhood as a Social Determinant of Health in Surgery
7. Addressing the Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Clinical Trial Participation
8. Race, Ancestry and Social Determinants of Health in Surgery
9. Community Engagement as a Social Determinant of Health in Surgery
10. Insurance as a Social Determinant of Health in Surgery
11. Health Literacy
12. Stress and the Surgical Stressor
Section III. Research
13. Framing Theoretically Informed SDH Research Questions
14. Social Determinants of Health: Study Designs and Outcomes
15. Interventions for Redressing Disparities Related to Social Determinants of Health in Surgery
16. Future Directions
Glossary
Authors
Samilia Obeng-Gyasi Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States. Samilia Obeng-Gyasi is Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery at The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States Timothy M. Pawlik Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research, Professor of Surgery, Oncology, and Health Services Management and Policy, Surgeon in Chief, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.Dr. Timothy M. Pawlik received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Pawlik completed surgical training at the University of Michigan Hospital and spent two years at the Massachusetts General Hospital as a surgical oncology research fellow. He then went on to advanced training in surgical oncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Pawlik's main clinical interests include alimentary tract surgery, with a special interest in hepatic, pancreatic and biliary diseases. Dr. Pawlik has also completed a fellowship in medical ethics at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a Masters in Theology from Harvard Divinity School, Boston. In addition, Dr. Pawlik received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Clinical Investigations. Dr. Pawlik also received his Executive MBA Program from The Ohio State University Fisher Business School. Dr. Pawlik is the Chair of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he holds The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research. Dr. Pawlik is a past-President of the Association for Academic Surgery, past-President of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, co-President of the Surgical Biology II Club, as well as current President of the Association for Academic Surgery Foundation. Dr. Pawlik's research focuses on determinations of factors associated with prognosis and staging of gastrointestinal cancers, as well as the economics of cancer care. He also studied patient/physician communication and patient engagement, as well as patient perception of cancer-care goals and the impact of social determinants of health.
