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Jennifer A. Ellis, PhD, Technical Deputy Editor

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This issue of the Journal focuses on the myriad ways in which social ties affect public health. As Durkheim first posited in the late 19th century, attention to the role of social ties and other social factors can illuminate key issues in understanding health disparities at both the individual and population levels (Durkheim E. Suicide. New York, NY: Free Press; 1951 [originally published 1897]). More than a century later, Durkheim’s connection of social facts to suicide-related mortality rates has provided researchers across disciplines with a foundation for a better understanding of the connections between social factors and health.

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