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In her lecture, Ana Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., argues that to effectively understand and address health inequities, we must look beyond individual choice and biology. Instead, she emphasizes the critical role of environmental factors, including where people live, their daily exposures, and the broader policies that shape their communities. By shifting focus to these structural and neighborhood-level determinants, Dr. Diez Roux highlights how external conditions drive health disparities. This approach suggests that improving public health requires systemic changes to environments and policies rather than solely focusing on individual medical care.
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