Framework for building primary care capacity to address the social determinants of health.

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Abstract

Family physicians have long understood that social factors influence the health of individuals and communities; however, most primary care organizations have yet to develop the capacity to specifically address these social determinants of health (SDOH).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Can Fam Physician

Title: Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien

ISSN (Electronic): 1715-5258

ISSN (Print): 0008-350X

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2017

Volume: 63

Issue: 11

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[1 ] Founder and Director of the Upstream Lab at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ont, a family physician and public health and preventive medicine specialist in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael's Hospital, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Adjunct Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.

[2 ] Family physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael's Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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Publisher Item ID: 63/11/e476

PMC ID: 5685463

PubMed ID: 29138172

SO-VID: 1fbb301e-9e95-429d-9d70-b01aef6583db

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