Social Determinants of Health Resources
ÂÜÀòÊÓƵhas a wide variety of resources related to social determinants of health (SDOH). Visit:
- Health Systems Research: Learn about ÂÜÀòÊÓƵresearch related to SDOH and find resources for researchers.
- Practice Improvement: Find tools that health systems can use to address SDOH.
- Data and Analytics: Discover ÂÜÀòÊÓƵdatasets that can be used for SDOH research and the reports, chartbooks, and brief data analyses related to SDOH that ÂÜÀòÊÓƵpublishes.
- Poverty and Access to Internet, by County: View an interactive data visualization that uses data from AHRQ's SDOH database.
ÂÜÀòÊÓƵparticipates in two communities that use data and research to address SDOH.
- The , a new community-led effort to develop an HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) implementation guide for SDOH data and more comprehensive SDOH terminology.
- , which advances high-quality research on healthcare sector strategies to improve social conditions.
Additional HHS SDOH Resources
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recognizes the critical role that social determinants play in health, and has numerous resources to facilitate efforts to address SDOH on multiple fronts.
- Healthy People 2030 HHS Value Workgroup / (SDOH cross-HHS coordination)
- Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Speeches and Blogs
- : Speech by Alex M. Azar II J.D., former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Hatch Foundation for Civility and Solutions, November 14, 2018, Washington, D.C.
- Blog by Gopal Khanna, M.B.A., former Director of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, February 1, 2019.
- : Blog by Cara James Ph.D., Director, CMS Office of Minority Health, April 26, 2019.
- : Blog by Francis Chesley, M.D., Director, ÂÜÀòÊÓƵOffice of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, April 24, 2018.
- : Blog by Teresa Zayas Cabán Ph.D., Kevin J. Chaney, Chris Dymek Ed.D., and Michael Painter M.D. J.D., January 17, 2018.
