Social and structural determinants of health have gained prominence regarding their influence on the cardiovascular health of the population. In recent publications, the American Heart Association has directed its attention to inequalities in healthcare, mediated by social (such as income, education, safety, place of residence, and neighborhood) and structural determinants (access to healthcare, basic sanitation, clean air, healthy environment), and its deleterious impacts on cardiovascular health.– It discusses how to implement actions with the potential to eliminate these inequalities in […]
