Social Determinants of Health and Diabetes: A Scientific Review.

The article presents the research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and low-income adult populations in the U.S. disproportionately, with relatively intractable patterns seen in these populations' higher risk of diabetes and rates of diabetes complications. Topics include the health care shift toward greater emphasis on population health outcome, and the social determinants of health have risen as essential intervention targets to achieve health equity.