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Social Determinants of Health 201 for Health Care: Plan, Do, Study, Act

This discussion paper builds on SDoH 101 and explores in more depth the five things to be learned, including the science and prioritization of interventions, the creation of partnerships, and how the assets of the community can further these partners

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"Housing is Health Care": The Impact of Supportive Housing on the Costs of Chronic Mental Illness

This study examines how housing and in-home supports affect public spending on individuals with chronic mental illness in Maricopa County, Arizona. It does so through a comparative analysis of average costs per person per year across three housing se

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When Families Do Not Request Help: Assessing a Social Determinants of Health Screening Tool in Practice

Using pediatric social determinants of health screening data from a large medical system, we explored social needs dislosures and identified which needs were associated with resource connection requests. Method: Data came from records of outpatient p

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A Guide to Using the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool

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

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Confronting a Legacy of Scarcity: A Plan for America’s Reinvestment in Public Health

The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership — a collaboration between the Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health — released a new report, “Confronting a Legacy of Scarcity: A Plan for America’s Reinvestment in Public Health,” which outlines

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Opportunities for Achieving Equity in Adolescence: A Brief

Many adolescents face inequalities in opportunities because of disparities in community resources and bias in social systems. But these disparities can be changed. This brief from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highligh

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The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021

This annual report examines federal, state and local public health funding trends and recommends investments and policy actions to build a stronger public health system, prioritize prevention, and address the ways in which social and economic inequit

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Key Findings and Implications from a Literature Review on Systems Change in Education

Building on decades-long efforts, various place-based partnerships have emerged seeking to improve the systems that impact individuals’ journeys from cradle to career and beyond. Their focus is on “systems change”— that is, shifting the conditions th

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Reimagining Patient-Centered Care During a Pandemic in a Digital World: A Focus on Building Trust for Healing

Health care workers are facing incredible challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including adjusting to a digital health environment. This NAM Perspectives commentary suggests methods for providers to learn how to show empathy and gain their patien

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Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care

Risk adjustment of quality measures using clinical risk factors is widely accepted; risk adjustment using social risk factors remains controversial. We argue here that social risk adjustment is appropriate and necessary in defined circumstances and t

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Law and Policy Pathways to Preventing Housing Instability

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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 g

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Unlocking Responsible Access to Data to Increase Equity and Economic Mobility

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If they are to succeed, efforts to increase economic mobility and narrow the racial wealth gap in the United States require better collection, disaggregation, and sharing of data, a report from the Markle Foundation finds.

Funded by the Bill &

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Homelessness and Health Care: Lessons and Policy Considerations from the COVID-19 Pandemic

This brief synthesizes innovative approaches and key lessons for supporting the health care needs of Californians experiencing homelessness during COVID-19. It presents the immediate public health challenges in responding to the pandemic and shares k

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State Strategies To Advance Health Data Interoperability

The goal of this paper is to share strategies governors and other state leaders can pursue to expand access to data and technology that will improve the health and wellbeing of our nation. Specifically, this paper highlights ways to enhance interoper

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COVID-19 Policy Playbook II: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future

This report, including 39 chapters by more than 50 experts, updates and expands the initial rapid COVID-19 legal assessment published in August 2020. The failures we noted in the first Report have only worsened, culminating in the sad moment in Febru

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Transition Plan: Advancing Child Health in the Biden-Harris Administration

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On January 20, 2021, President-Elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as our nation’s 46th president and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman and first Black and Indian American to serve as vice president. T

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Determining the feasibility of an index of the social determinants of health using data from public sources

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Examining the feasibility of developing an index measure for the social determinants of health using public data is needed. We examined these characteristics at the ZIP code in California and New York using public data extracted from the US

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A Social-Return-On-Investment Analysis Of Bon Secours Hospital’s ‘Housing For Health’ Affordable Housing Program

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Community health programs aimed at addressing the social determinants of health often face challenges demonstrating their impact through traditional economic evaluation methods of return-on-investment analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis,

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One Year into the Pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for Social Determinants of Health

The Kaiser Family Foundation published an analysis of how COVID-19 has impacted the social determinants of health one year into the pandemic.

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Social Determinants of Health Guide

In this guide:

Relationship Between Social Care and Medical Care
Impact on Individual Health, Community Health and Population Health
Social Determinants of Health Data and Information Standardization and Use Infrastructure Standards
Social Determina

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National Action Agenda

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Social Determinants of Health 201 for Health Care: Plan, Do, Study, Act

"Housing is Health Care": The Impact of Supportive Housing on the Costs of Chronic Mental Illness

When Families Do Not Request Help: Assessing a Social Determinants of Health Screening Tool in Practice

A Guide to Using the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool

Confronting a Legacy of Scarcity: A Plan for America’s Reinvestment in Public Health

Opportunities for Achieving Equity in Adolescence: A Brief

The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021

Key Findings and Implications from a Literature Review on Systems Change in Education

Reimagining Patient-Centered Care During a Pandemic in a Digital World: A Focus on Building Trust for Healing

Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care

Law and Policy Pathways to Preventing Housing Instability

Unlocking Responsible Access to Data to Increase Equity and Economic Mobility

Homelessness and Health Care: Lessons and Policy Considerations from the COVID-19 Pandemic

State Strategies To Advance Health Data Interoperability

COVID-19 Policy Playbook II: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future

Transition Plan: Advancing Child Health in the Biden-Harris Administration

Determining the feasibility of an index of the social determinants of health using data from public sources

A Social-Return-On-Investment Analysis Of Bon Secours Hospital’s ‘Housing For Health’ Affordable Housing Program

One Year into the Pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for Social Determinants of Health

Social Determinants of Health Guide

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