Editorial
Prioritizing Social Determinants of Health in Public Health Surveillance for Autism
Pediatrics (Evanston), v 151(2), 2022059541
01 Feb 2023
PMID: 36700338
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Abstract
In this issue of Pediatrics, Shenouda et al1 present new prevalence estimates of autistic children with intellectual disability, based on active surveillance in the New York– New Jersey Metropolitan Area between 2000 and 2016. Findings from this study revealed that 1 in 3 autistic children had a cooccurring intellectual disability, with disparate estimates identified for Black and Hispanic children. This study is particularly timely because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network recently determined the updated autism prevalence to be 1 in 44.2 To be sure, population-level surveillance efforts are critical for tracking and improving health equity for distinct demographic groups. The findings presented by Shenouda et al, as well as the vast majority of autism prevalence research, are, however, inherently limited by a lack of capacity to extrapolate findings beyond racial and ethnic group comparisons and link them to social determinants of health (SDOH), the underlying social, economic, and environmental conditions that lead to poor health outcomes and high health care costs.3
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- Title
- Prioritizing Social Determinants of Health in Public Health Surveillance for Autism
- Creators
- Emily Hotez - University of California, Los AngelesLindsay Shea - Drexel University, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Publication Details
- Pediatrics (Evanston), v 151(2), 2022059541
- Publisher
- Amer Acad Pediatrics
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001050089800028
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85147234898
- Other Identifier
- 991021864306004721
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