美国社会健康和生物因素工作组Jenny Tung研究组总结了人类和其他动物健康和生存的社会决定因素。该研究于2020年5月22日发表于国际学术期刊《科学》杂志上。

早年和成年时期的社会环境是人类发病和死亡风险的最强预测因子之一。 对其他社会哺乳动物的长期研究表明，这种关系在许多物种中都是相似的。另外，实验研究表明，社交互动可以因果改变动物生理、疾病风险和寿命。

这些发现凸显了社会环境对健康和死亡率以及达尔文健康度的重要性，这是社会科学家和生物学家都感兴趣的结果。因此，他们强调了跨物种分析在理解健康的社会梯度的预测因素和潜在机制方面的实用性。

附：英文原文

Title: Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

Author: 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

Issue&Volume: 2020/05/22

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.

DOI: 10.1126/science.aax9553

Source: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/eaax9553