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AIDS care was studied in the united states and it was found that social factors were more predicting than individual factors about whether or not an individual would contract the disease

This was also studied in Rwanda using a model designed in Haiti using the “PIH model of care” to study social inequalities and prevent the effects of poverty that lead to death by AIDS, TB, malaria.

Structural interventions were also incorporated into clinical medicine as it was argued that social interventions, while not traditionally part of a physician's duties, have more of an impact that clinical interventions

Although nothing is specifically mentioned the author has an affiliation with New York Medical school. American Medical Association.