Social Determinants of Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects nearly 60 million adults globally and is linked to high cardiovascular risks and significant social, psychological, and economic burdens.1,2 Social determinants like homelessness, rurality, financial resources, social support, healthcare access, and health literacy play crucial roles in AF management. Addressing these determinants can help reduce complications. Our lab wrote one of the first reviews on social determinants of AF in Nature Reviews Cardiology and conducts research that highlights the impact of social factors on AF incidence, outcomes, and treatment. 

Publications

  1. Social determinants of atrial fibrillation
  2. Transforming Atrial Fibrillation Research to Integrate Social Determinants of Health: A National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report
  3. Mind the gap: Deficits in fundamental disease-specific knowledge in atrial fibrillation
  4. Practical Insight Into Anticoagulation for an Aging Population
  5. Association of Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
  6. Association Between Neighborhood-Level Poverty and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: a Retrospective Cohort StudyTrends in Drug Spending of Oral Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation, 2014–2021
  7. Association of income and educational attainment in hospitalization events in atrial fibrillation
  8. Sex differences in atrial fibrillation: patient-reported outcomes and the persistent toll on women
  9. Area Deprivation Index and Oral Anticoagulation in New Onset Atrial Fibrillation
  10. Whose Streets? Neighborhood-Level Determinants of Atrial Fibrillation Care
  11. Association of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in the Veterans Health Administration: the REACH-AF Study