The analysis of Community Health Needs Assessments and implementation plans from rural Iowa hospitals reveals a gap between identifying and addressing social determinants of health, underscoring the need for infrastructure, partnerships, and policy support to turn assessments into actionable strategies to address SDOH.
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New research analyzed more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases to explore how smoking, demographics, and community conditions were associated with hospitalization. Findings challenge the “smoker’s paradox” and show how integrating individual and community-level data can better target public health interventions.
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Cultivating relationships among comprehensive medication management pharmacists and patients with greater social disadvantage who are at risk of cardiovascular events may improve health outcomes and connect patients to essential resources.
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Individualized approaches are critical for implementing process changes across a diverse range of clinical settings.
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Teaming up race, ethnicity, and/or language-concordant community health workers with licensed providers offers a promising strategy to enhance home visiting engagement of high-risk birthing individuals in disadvantaged communities.
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History does not have to repeat itself. Stronger public health departments, which could simultaneously address SDOH and prepare for the next pandemic, are possible if current Congressional proposals are passed.
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Jocelyn Leung looks at upstream and downstream efforts that health departments are taking to reduce suicides.
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Emergency departments must be included in funding for social determinants of health screenings and interventions.
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By taking on the public health responsibilities for a defined population, Pandemic Response Officers were able to preserve TCHD’s case investigation and public health response capacity for the county’s more vulnerable populations.
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This article highlights the decreasing investment of nonprofit hospitals in community-building activities despite the importance of SDOH.
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