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Public Health and Epidemiology Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health

Social and behavioral determinants of health are the conditions in which people live, work, and interact that influence health outcomes through individual behaviors, social relationships, and environmental exposures. Public Health International has published research examining how environmental factors, particularly…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 1 peer-reviewed article cited Cited 10× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Social and behavioral determinants of health are the conditions in which people live, work, and interact that influence health outcomes through individual behaviors, social relationships, and environmental exposures. Public Health International has published research examining how environmental factors, particularly technological exposures in modern society, may affect biological systems and population health. The journal's work in this area includes investigation of radiofrequency radiation effects on biological organisms, addressing growing public health questions about widespread environmental exposures from telecommunications infrastructure and wireless technologies. This research contributes to understanding how contemporary environmental conditions—shaped by technological advancement and societal adoption of new communication systems—may constitute behavioral and social determinants through their integration into daily life and potential biological impacts. Such investigations are important because they help identify and characterize emerging environmental health risks that arise from collective social behaviors and technological choices, informing evidence-based public health policy and risk assessment. By examining the biological effects of environmental exposures that result from modern social practices, this research addresses the intersection of behavioral patterns, technological infrastructure, and population health outcomes.

Research published in this journal

1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 1 article above has been cited 10 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Public Health and Epidemiology Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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