Tools

• Social Determinants of Health

This document guides public health practitioners on key strategies to implement community-clinical linkages that focus on adults 18 years or older.

Tools

• Social Determinants of Health

The intent of brief social determinants of health screening is to establish a routinized process through which providers identify (in an actionable manner) social barriers their attributed patient population is facing. The SIM SDOH screening tool may be accessed via the SIM Participation Guide

Tools

• Health Literacy
• Social Determinants of Health

A self-report that measures the perceived ability to perform various mathematical tasks and where the individual prefers the use of numerical or prose information.

Community Resources

Provides actionable data and strategies to communities to make it easier for people to be healthy in their homes, schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods.

Tools

• Social Determinants of Health

Assessment tool to help screening and gather information around the social determinants of health.

Tools

• Social Determinants of Health

A tool to measure adverse childhood experiences and their impact on health later in life.

Community Resources

• Medications
• Social Determinants of Health

Provides the patient with prescription assistance based on the medications they are taking.

Tools

• Health Literacy
• Social Determinants of Health

The AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd edition, can help primary care practices reduce the complexity of health care, increase patient understanding of health information, and enhance support for patients of all health literacy levels.

Tools

• Health Literacy
• Care Coordination

Online tool created through the University of Michigan to help patients search medical terms in plain language

Article

• Social Determinants of Health

Reviews current knowledge of health effects of social factors, knowledge gaps as well as upstream and downstream factors relating to SDOH

Article

• Social Determinants of Health

Based on past knowledge and experiences nurses are positioned to lead the nation in strategies to promote health equality.

Videos

Presents an innovative model for enabling physicians and other clinicians to "prescribe" the basic resources their patients need to be healthy.

Videos

Provides stories of community partners working together to address the Social Determinants of Health in Miami Dade county

Videos

• Social Determinants of Health

This video describes how Community Health Workers help patients get the resources they need to live a healthier life.

Website

• Social Determinants of Health

Healthy People 2020 highlights the importance of addressing the social determinants of health by including “Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all” as one of the four overarching goals for the decade.

Website

• Social Determinants of Health

As a core function, World Health Organization's SDOH Unit coordiantes WHO support to countries to take action on SDOH to address health inequities.

Website

• Social Determinants of Health

Barrier Busters is a group of over 90 social service provider agencies that are committed to increasing communication and coordination between its member agencies, and improving services for Washtenaw County residents in need.

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Michigan Children's Health Access Program transforms medical care delivery to Michigan’s families, improving efficiencies at the provider level and reducing costs at the system level.