Analytical evidence of social epidemiology in sociobiological context – A narrative review

Abstract

Social epidemiology is a relatively newer field of epidemiology that evaluates the socioeconomic distribution and determinants of health and disease and how those factors affect the health of individuals and populations. The explanation of the causal relationships between socioeconomic circumstances, health status, and consequences is a key challenge in social epidemiology. The current study was conducted to analyze the key substantive areas of focus in epidemiology in the sociobiological context. Data were collected electronically using databases such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Google Scholar, and three authorized textbooks to conduct relevant searches. Since the beginning of the history of public health, the relationship between socioeconomic class and health has been a significant study area. The impact which social factors have on both individual and population health is the central and initial question that needs to be addressed in social epidemiology. The recent attention given to this issue using modern epidemiological techniques is a relatively new phenomenon. Social epidemiology's primary goal is to produce fundamental knowledge. Social epidemiology must be necessarily multimethod, interdisciplinary, and broad due to its subject of research.