Contemporary perspectives on social and structural determinants of health
October 30, 2025 | Dr. Patricia Saleeby and Michelle Badore
The conversation around health equity is evolving—and fast. How can we harness social determinants of health (SDoH) data to address embedded systemic barriers? In this episode, Michelle Badore and guest Dr. Patricia Saleeby, PhD, talk about the evolving role of social workers, care navigators, and community health workers in navigating these SDoH factors and how collaboration across disciplines can drive sustainable change.
A sizable number of people, why they're actually going to emergency rooms, urgent care, why they're sick, is not because of a health reason. It is because of something that falls under social determinants of health. So if we're able to prevent this from happening, we're saving hundreds of thousands, probably millions of dollars to a healthcare system.
Patricia Saleeby, PhD
Bradley University
