The U.S. is terrible at keeping businesses from worsening public health, experts say

STAT asked 10 experts to grade the United States' approach to preventing business from driving sickness and death. No one gave higher than a C+.

WASHINGTON — Here in the U.S., it’s “in” to study the social determinants of health.

There are programs at Columbia and Emory dedicated to the field. Papers on the topic garner thousands of citations.The federal health department has even crafted an entire plan for addressing this topic, which is broadly defined as the ways a person’s environment impacts their health.

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