Giving Compass' Take:

• Healthcare Dive examines new reports about the social determinants of health, including race, socioeconomics and geography, finding that minority communities are at a disadvantage.

• What can we do to close the wellness gaps across difference communities? Addressing factors such as a lack of affordable housing and stagnant wages would be a start.

• Here's more on how insurers are addressing social determinants of health.

U.S. News and the Aetna Foundation released a series of reports Tuesday that explored social determinants of health (SDOH) and the connection between race, ethnicity and geography and community health in the U.S.

The research found that communities with a greater share of white residents generally score better on health, while areas with a larger black, Hispanic or Native American population score worse.

Though race and ethnicity play a key factor in a community's health, socioeconomics can play an even bigger role, the series found.

The research is the latest to highlight the issue of social determinants of health. Factors such as housing, food insecurity and joblessness can be highly detrimental to a person's health, and there's a wide disparity of wellness across American society.

Providers, payers and community groups have increasingly sought ways to close that gap.

Read the full article about the connections between race, geography, and other factors on health by Les Masterson at Healthcare Dive.