Lavanya Vijayasingham and Pascale Allotey suggest a conceptual extension of the socially transmitted condition (STC) framework to emphasise the role of social factors not only in predisposing individuals to the development of these diseases, but also in shaping the disease course and lived experience. Their reasoning is borne by evidence that socioeconomic factors correlate with STC behavioural risk factors,¹ prevalence rates,² and risk of premature death.³

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重塑非传染性疾病-作者的回复

Lavanya Vijayasingham和Pascale Allotey建议对社会传染病（STC）框架进行概念性扩展，以强调社会因素的作用，不仅在使个体容易罹患这些疾病的过程中，而且在塑造疾病进程和生活经验方面也发挥了作用。他们的推理依据是社会经济因素与STC行为风险因素，¹患病率，²和过早死亡风险相关的证据。³