TY - JOUR
T1 - Unifying the approach to tackling inequalities in liver health – learning from working with under-served populations
AU - Glyn-Owen, Kate
AU - Buchanan, Ryan
AU - Elsharkawy, Ahmed
AU - Avery, Leah
AU - Flanagan, Stuart
AU - Parsons, Heather
AU - Dhanda, Ashwin
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Stark inequalities in liver health exist and there is an urgent need to address them.1 The broad social, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions that affect health are collectively called social determinants of health.2 Social determinants of health include upstream factors such as culture, national policy, and the environment, as well as midstream factors, including housing, personal wealth, educational status, language, stigma, and access to health-care services.3 90% of liver disease is caused by alcohol consumption, obesity, and viral hepatitis, all of which are associated with deprivation and social determinants of health.
AB - Stark inequalities in liver health exist and there is an urgent need to address them.1 The broad social, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions that affect health are collectively called social determinants of health.2 Social determinants of health include upstream factors such as culture, national policy, and the environment, as well as midstream factors, including housing, personal wealth, educational status, language, stigma, and access to health-care services.3 90% of liver disease is caused by alcohol consumption, obesity, and viral hepatitis, all of which are associated with deprivation and social determinants of health.
U2 - 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00309-1
DO - 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00309-1
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2468-1253
VL - 10
SP - 7
EP - 9
JO - The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 1
M1 - 10(1)
ER -