Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

Noah Snyder-Mackler; Joseph Robert Burger; Lauren Gaydosh; Daniel W. Belsky; Grace A. Noppert; Fernando A. Campos; Alessandro Bartolomucci; Yang Claire Yang; Allison E. Aiello; Angela O'Rand; Kathleen Mullan Harris; Carol A. Shively; Susan C. Alberts; Jenny Tung

doi:10.1126/science.aax9553

Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

Noah Snyder-Mackler, Joseph Robert Burger, Lauren Gaydosh, Daniel W. Belsky, Grace A. Noppert, Fernando A. Campos, Alessandro Bartolomucci, Yang Claire Yang, Allison E. Aiello, Angela O'Rand, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Carol A. Shively, Susan C. Alberts, Jenny Tung

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Abstract

The social environment, both in early life and adulthood, is one of the strongest predictors of morbidity and mortality risk in humans. Evidence from long-term studies of other social mammals indicates that this relationship is similar across many species. In addition, experimental studies show that social interactions can causally alter animal physiology, disease risk, and life span itself. These findings highlight the importance of the social environment to health and mortality as well as Darwinian fitness-outcomes of interest to social scientists and biologists alike. They thus emphasize the utility of cross-species analysis for understanding the predictors of, and mechanisms underlying, social gradients in health.

Original language	English
Article number	aax9553
Journal	Science
Volume	368
Issue number	6493
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9553
State	Published - May 22 2020

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