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Editorial
. 2023 Jul;80(7):1414-1416.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21296. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Hypertension-A Social Disease in Need of Social Solutions

Jared W Magnani  1
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Editorial

Hypertension-A Social Disease in Need of Social Solutions

Jared W Magnani. Hypertension. 2023 Jul.
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The figure presents a framework for the centrality of social determinants of health in relation to hypertension. There are potential associations between multiple factors – anthropometric, behavioral, clinical, and mental health – and social determinants to exacerbate hypertension. Such factors occur within the framework of structural racism and its concomitant social, economic, and historical context.
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