Depression, Cognition, & Social Determinants of Health: Assessing Associations in Older African Americans with Diabetes

Authors

Jeremiah Davis, SKMC, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Robin Casten, PhD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Barry W. Rovner, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Social determinants of health have been widely identified as characteristics of one’s social and economic climate that affect one’s health outcomes1. (see Graphic 1)

The Alzheimer’s Association indicates that rates of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other forms of dementia are two times higher in older African Americans than their white counterparts2. People who have diabetes are also at an increased risk.

The prevalence and co-morbidity of depression among older Americans with diabetes (both with and without cognitive impairment) has been well established3.

Understanding the effect that social determinants of health have on the onset and progression of dementia and depression in older African American diabetics is important as such an understanding may better inform future health policy and government spending on healthcare intervention(s).

Publication Date

10-24-2017

Keywords

Depression, Cognition, & Social Determinants of Health, Assessing Associations in Older African Americans with Diabetes, Thomas Jefferson University, College within a College, CWIC

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Davis, Jeremiah; Casten, PhD, Robin; and Rovner, MD, Barry W., "Depression, Cognition, & Social Determinants of Health: Assessing Associations in Older African Americans with Diabetes" (2017). CwiC Posters. 33.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cwicposters/33