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| Title |
Historical Perspective: The social determinants of disease – some roots of the movement
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| Published in |
Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations, April 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-5573-2-2 |
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| Authors |
S Leonard Syme |
| Abstract |
This is an account of the early days of research on social determinants as I experienced them. I describe my time as one of four Fellows in a new training program in Medical Sociology at Yale University and how I came to be the first Sociologist employed in the U.S. Public Health Service. I then became the first Executive Secretary of a new Study Section at NIH dealing with a small number of research grant proposals in the field of Epidemiology. My account deals with some of my experiences in this developing field, culminating with my appointment as the first Sociologist to become a Professor of Epidemiology in a School of Public Health. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 59 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 14% |
| Professor | 7 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 22% |
| Unknown | 9 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 19 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Engineering | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 18 | 31% |