Guides, Toolkits, and Resources
- National Center for Quality Assurance SDoH Resource GuideThis resource guide "describe[s] the strategies used by health plans and clinically integrated networks (CIN) to address social determinants of health (SDOH)." Various definitions, data. in-the-field examples, and tools are shared.
- Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) ToolkitWith support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the State Innovation Model of Iowa has a collection of Various SDoH assessments and sources. For example, the “Upstream Readiness Assessment” is a tool that can be used to help identify an organization's readiness to implement a SDOH initiatives.
- Rural Health Information Hub (RHI Hub)In their toolkit, the RHI Hub highlights various implementation elements including assessment tools (Area Deprivation Index, National Equity Atlas, and the Opportunity Index); community health assessments; research strategies; and more.
Social Determinants of Health Frameworks
Dahlgren and Whitehead's Social Determinants of Health
Source: Dahlgren, G., & Whitehead, M. (2021, October). The Dahlgren-Whitehead model of health determinants: 30 years on and still chasing rainbows. Public Health, 199, 20–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.08.009
World Health Organization's Social Determinants of Health Conceptual Framework
Source: Solar O, Irwin A. A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health. Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper 2 (Policy and Practice).
PROGRESS-Plus is an acronym coined by the Cochrane Methods Equity Group used to identify characteristics that stratify health opportunities and outcomes.
Source: PROGRESS-Plus | Cochrane Equity. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2022, from https://methods.cochrane.org/equity/projects/evidence-equity/progress-plus