A social determinants of health survey in an Appalachian East Tennessee Medical Center: Initial findings and correlations with physical and emotional states of health
Patients in our Appalachian population experience a high number of barriers to accessing healthcare that are negatively correlated with measures of physical and emotional well-being. To optimize patient care, assessment of patients' physical and emotional health should complement the use of SDH questionnaires.
Authors
- Heidi Worth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-167X)
- Kiran Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-083X)
- Robert Eric Heidel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-8072)
- Gayathri S. Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-9960)
- Nate S. Brophy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-4845)
- Laylan Shali
- Gulsah Onar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-7426)
- Rajiv Dhand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-2422)
- Paul Terry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0353-9197)
- J. Ferris
- Tracy Walker
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332087
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00