guide - The NIC Collaboration Hub2024-03-28T13:41:21Zhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/feed/tag/guideA Guide to Using the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Toolhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/a-guide-to-using-the-accountable-health-communities-health-relate2021-06-17T14:04:27.000Z2021-06-17T14:04:27.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>In this document, we describe the health-related social needs (HRSN) Screening Tool from the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model and share promising practices for universal screening. HRSNs are individual level, adverse social conditions that negatively impact a person’s health or health care. HRSNs are distinguished from social determinants of health—the structural and contextual factors that shape everyone’s lives for better or worse—and can be identified by the health care system and addressed in partnership with community resources. Identifying and addressing HRSNs can have many benefits, including improvements to individuals’ health and reduced health care spending. We prepared this guide for health care and social service providers who are increasingly adopting the practice of universal HRSN screening.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mathematica.org/publications/a-guide-to-using-the-accountable-health-communities-health-related-social-needs-screening-tool" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Law and Policy Pathways to Preventing Housing Instabilityhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/law-and-policy-pathways-to-preventing-housing-instability2021-04-14T18:56:41.000Z2021-04-14T18:56:41.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Overview:</p>
<p>Housing instability is a public health problem that both causes and exacerbates health problems, erodes communities, and drives health inequities. Eviction specifically imposes damaging health consequences that can last lifetimes, or even generations. Families grappling with housing uncertainty experience physical and mental health challenges, from elevated rates of childhood and chronic disease and mortality to stress, depression, anxiety, and suicide. Those who lack stable housing are more likely to experience homelessness, unemployment, substance use, food insecurity, and violence. Housing instability makes it difficult for residents to invest in their homes, relationships, and neighborhoods; eviction can disrupt the fabric of entire communities. Laws and policies at both the state and community levels can work to address these negative impacts and promote housing stability by deterring serial eviction filings, adopting eviction diversion and prevention programs, providing tenants with access to legal representation in eviction hearings, limiting access to eviction records, and promoting community-based solutions to end homelessness and increase housing access.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.networkforphl.org/resources/law-and-policy-pathways-to-preventing-housing-instability/" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Social Determinants of Health Guidehttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/social-determinants-of-health-guide2021-03-10T17:50:53.000Z2021-03-10T17:50:53.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>In this guide:</p>
<ul>
<li>Relationship Between Social Care and Medical Care</li>
<li>Impact on Individual Health, Community Health and Population Health</li>
<li>Social Determinants of Health Data and Information Standardization and Use Infrastructure Standards</li>
<li>Social Determinants of Health Assessment</li>
<li>Workflow Considerations</li>
<li>Cross-Sector Stakeholder Considerations</li>
<li>The Impact on ROI of Healthcare Systems</li>
<li>Equitable Access to Broadband and Technology</li>
<li>U.S. Policies and Initiatives</li>
<li>HIMSS Public Policy Principles and Considerations</li>
<li>Global Policies and Initiatives</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.himss.org/resources/social-determinants-health" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Racial Equity in Public Policyhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/racial-equity-in-public-policy2021-03-10T17:33:44.000Z2021-03-10T17:33:44.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Overview:</p>
<p>The intention of this guide: Advance equitable policies and conversations about structural racism.</p>
<p>This is an update of Voices for Healthy Kids’ 2018 health equity message guide, which grew out of a request from advocates for ways to inspire decisionmakers to embed equity in<br />policy language—because equal (giving everyone the same thing) isn’t equitable (ensuring everyone has what they need). We strengthened the messages to focus on racial equity.</p>
<p><a href="https://voicesforhealthykids.org/assets/resources/vhk_racialequitymessageguide_feb252021.pdf" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>New NCQA White Paper / Resource Guide for Health Plans, CINs, & Clinicians to Design & Implement SDOHhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/new-ncqa-white-paper-resource-guide-for-health-plans-cins-clinici2020-10-16T15:55:40.000Z2020-10-16T15:55:40.000ZA Andrews Deanhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AAndrewsDean<div><p>NEW NCQA WHITE PAPER / RESOURCE GUIDE</p><p><a href="https://www.ncqa.org/white-papers/sdoh-resource-guide/">https://www.ncqa.org/white-papers/sdoh-resource-guide/</a></p><p>The NCQA Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide is a reference for health plans, clinically integrated networks, and clinicians to design and implement strategies that address social determinants of health (SDOH) for commercially insured populations.</p><p>The SDOH Resource Guide centers around SDOH strategy and is organized into six sections:</p><p>1. Assessment Design.<br />2. SDOH Data.<br />3. Data Sharing, Integration and Quality.<br />4. Collaboration with Community-Based Organizations.<br />5. Measurement and Evaluation.<br />6. Quality Improvement.</p><p>The guide features “in-the-field” examples that highlight real-world strategies and initiatives health plans and clinically integrated networks are implementing to address SDOH. It also describes how NCQA addresses SDOH through its programs.</p><p>Although value-based payment arrangements and incentives are less common for the commercially insured population, commercial health plans and clinically integrated networks have a unique opportunity to address SDOH. These organizations are realizing the impact of SDOH on health outcomes and health equity and are developing initiatives and programs to meet their population’s needs.</p><h4><strong>Download the Resource Guide today by filling out the form on the right.</strong></h4><h3>Sponsorship Support</h3><p>NCQA created the SDOH Resource Guide in sponsorship with Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC.</p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8139" src="https://www.ncqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/janssen_logo.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="122" /></p></div>How to Measure Social Capitalhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/how-to-measure-social-capital2020-10-09T15:46:03.000Z2020-10-09T15:46:03.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;">"Social capital cannot be measured directly, but can be inferred from its determinants or manifestations. The determinants are factors that have an impact on social interactions and therefore allow social capital to come about (<a href="https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/literature/theory/determinants.html" target="_blank">read more</a>). Manifestations are the outcomes of social capital (<a href="https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/literature/conceptualisation/conceptualisation.html" target="_blank">read more</a>) for example lower crime rates. We measure social capital by using indicators or “proxies” that are theoretically linked to social capital."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/measure-social-capital/#:~:text=Individual%20Level%20Measures,degree%20of%20trust%2C&text=the%20quantity%20or%20volume%20of%20social%20resources" target="_blank">How to measure social capital</a></span></p></div>Community-Academic Partnerships: A Win for Communities, Schools, and Public Health - Improving Nutrition in a Faith-Based Settinghttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/community-academic-partnerships-a-win-for-communities-schools-and2020-10-06T15:59:10.000Z2020-10-06T15:59:10.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>About:</p>
<p>Faculty and students from Georgia College worked with churches in nearby counties to develop a program that improved the nutritional habits of more than 600 residents. CPSTF findings informed decisions about how to use limited resources to foster a positive learning experience for students while meeting a community’s needs.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thecommunityguide.org/stories/community-academic-partnerships-win-communities-schools-public-health-improving-nutrition-faith-based-setting?ACSTrackingID=USCDCCG_12-DM39121&ACSTrackingLabel=Community-academic%20Partnership%20uses%20CPSTF%20Recommendations%20to%20Inform%20Faith-based%20Nutrition%20Program&deliveryName=USCDCCG_12-DM39121" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Communities WIN: A Community Guide for Dialogue and Actionhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/communities-win-a-community-guide-for-dialogue-and-action2020-09-25T22:06:14.000Z2020-09-25T22:06:14.000ZDaniel Bachhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/DanielBach<div><p><a target="_blank">Communities WIN: A Community Guide for Dialogue and Action</a></p></div>Interoperability in Healthcarehttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/interoperability-in-healthcare2020-09-18T17:12:34.000Z2020-09-18T17:12:34.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>To better understand the basics of interoperability and health information exchange, HIMSS walks you through the following elements:</p>
<p>What is Interoperability?<br />Interoperability Standards<br />The Interoperability Ecosystem<br />Uses of Information Exchange<br />Workflow Considerations and Guidelines<br />Public Policy and Government Efforts</p>
<p><a href="https://www.himss.org/resources/interoperability-healthcare" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Community-Driven Health Equity Action Planshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/community-driven-health-equity-action-plans2020-09-11T18:04:01.000Z2020-09-11T18:04:01.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) <a href="https://nam.edu/programs/culture-of-health/">Culture of Health Program</a> is proud to present a model for developing Community-Driven Health Equity Action Plans. The NAM piloted the model in collaboration with five diverse communities across the United States from 2018 to 2019.</p>
<p>Health equity means everyone has a fair shot at living the healthiest life possible. Health equity is fundamental to living a good life and building a vibrant society. All actors in society—residents and community-based organizations, businesses, state and local government, anchor and faith-based institutions—have the power to promote health equity. Identifying strategies to advance health equity is the mission of the NAM’s Culture of Health Program.</p>
<p>The Culture of Health Program created a model for developing Community-Driven Health Equity Action Plans as a tool for communities interested in advancing health equity at the community level. A Community-Driven Health Equity Action Plan is meant to lay the groundwork for communities to take action on a health equity agenda that addresses a priority of the community. We hope communities and organizations ultimately use the model to support equitable good health among local residents across the country. </p>
<p><a href="https://nam.edu/programs/culture-of-health/community-driven-health-equity-action-plans/?utm_source=National+Academy+of+Medicine&utm_campaign=d31c7c83f5-Visualize+Health+Equity_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b8ba6f1aa1-d31c7c83f5-150990889" target="_blank">Read more >></a></p></div>Healthy People 2030https://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/health-people-20302020-09-11T16:01:03.000Z2020-09-11T16:01:03.000ZHub Adminhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NIC<div><p>About:</p>
<p>Healthy People identifies public health priorities to help individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States improve health and well-being. Healthy People 2030, the initiative’s fifth iteration, builds on knowledge gained over the first 4 decades.</p>
<p><a href="https://health.gov/healthypeople" target="_blank">Read more >></a></p></div>State Health and Housing Institute on Sustainably Financing Cross-Agency Housing and Health Initiatives: Tenancy Supports in Two States’ Medicaid Waivershttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/state-health-and-housing-institute-on-sustainably-financing-cross2020-09-03T15:15:34.000Z2020-09-03T15:15:34.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>About:</p>
<p>Stable, safe, and affordable housing is a key determinant of health. To address housing’s role in health, many states use Medicaid waiver and demonstration programs to pay for housing-related services and tenancy supports that help people become and remain stably housed. These services include independent living skills training, assistance with applying for housing, coaching on maintaining relationships with landlords, and more. This chart highlights tenancy supports in three NASHP Health and Housing Institute states’ approved Medicaid waivers by populations served and housing-related services covered.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nashp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Housing-Waiver-Language-6.28.19.pdf" target="_blank">Read more >></a></p></div>Affordable Housing Investment: A Guide for Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Systemshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/affordable-housing-investment-a-guide-for-nonprofit-hospitals-and2020-09-03T15:12:03.000Z2020-09-03T15:12:03.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Abstract:</p>
<p>Tackling the affordable housing crisis will require actors from every sector to finance housing development for low- and moderate-income people. We developed this guide to help nonprofit hospitals and health system understand how their institutional assets and prestige can support affordable housing development projects—and to offer practical information and encouragement to start investing in much-needed affordable housing.</p>
<p>The guide is informed by Urban Institute’s research examining the current practice as well as the motivations, opportunities, and barriers nonprofit hospitals and health systems face to initiating and broadening investments in housing development. Our findings suggest that while nonprofit hospitals and health systems may be increasingly aware of and involved in addressing housing concerns of their patients and communities, few invest in construction and rehabilitation projects.</p>
<p>This guide presents key concepts and strategies for designing and implementing housing development projects, complemented by examples and supplemental resources. We first guide the readers through steps and considerations when exploring and formulating an appropriate affordable housing investment strategy, including assessing community needs, identifying the target population, engaging community members, examining the policy context, selecting partners and internal champions, and measuring progress. We then describe concrete ways in which nonprofit hospitals and health systems can provide invaluable support and financing for affordable housing projects. These include using their financial position to enhance credit, therefore lowering borrowing risks and costs; providing in-kind resources, such as land and staff time, to help affordable housing development; and providing capital (as a grant or a direct loan) to cover construction or rehabilitation costs.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.urban.org/research/publication/affordable-housing-investment-guide-nonprofit-hospitals-and-health-systems" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>Healthy Places Index Policy Guide - Housing Habitabilityhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/sdoh-national-action-agenda/resources/healthy-places-index-policy-guide-housing-habitability2020-09-03T15:09:41.000Z2020-09-03T15:09:41.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>This policy guide focuses on the Healthy Places Index indicator of housing habitability. The guide describes the connection between housing quality and health, and how and where to start with addressing housing issues, and policy opportunities to address its health impacts.</p>
<p><a href="https://healthyplacesindex.org/policy-actions/housing-habitability/" target="_blank">Read the guide >></a></p></div>