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Characteristics of social prescribing statements by professional medical associations

The table below links to professional medical association (PMA) clinical guidelines and policy statements that feature themes related to assessing for and/or addressing social risk/resilience in health care delivery settings. The statements were collected from 42 different PMAs, including the American Academy of Family Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Physicians. As shown, 15 PMA statements referred to clinic-based social or economic health screening activities, 35 described clinical interventions to promote social or economic health, and 4 referred to finance the related activities.

PMA*	Type**	TOPIC	YEAR	SCREENING	INTERVENTION	FINANCING
AAFP	P	Social Determinants of Health	2013	X	X
AAFP	P	Population Health	2015		X
AAFP	P	Health Equity	2016		X
AAFP	PS	Poverty and Health	2013	X	X
AAFP	P	Human Trafficking	2017		X
AAFP	PS	Incarceration and Health	2017		X
AAFP	PS	Primary Care and Public Health	2015		X
AAFP	P	Violence	2017		X
AAP	P	Health Equity & Children's Rights	2010	X
AAP	P	Poverty and Child Health	2016	X	X
AAP	P	Food Security	2015	X	X
AAP	P	Immigrant Children	2013	X	X
AAP	P	Community Pediatrics	2013		X	X
AAP	P	Team-Based Care	2017		X
AAP	P	Care Coordination	2014		X
AAP	P	Family Support Programs	2011		X
AAP	P	Medical Home	2002		X
AAP	P	Homeless Youth	2013		X
AAP	P	Childhood Adversity	2012	X		X
AAP	P	Advocacy for Nutrition	2018		X
AAP	P	School Readiness	2016		X
ACC	P	Team-Based Care	2015		X
ACC	P	Patient Centered Care	2012		X
ACEP	P	Resource Guidelines	2014		X
ACEP	P	Geriatric Emergency Department	2013		X
ACEP	P	Human Trafficking	2016	X	X
ACOG	CG	Social Determinants and Cultural Awareness	2018	X	X
ACOG	CG	Team-Based Care	2016		X
ACOG	CG	Homeless Women	2013		X
ACP	P	The Medically Underserved	Not stated		X	X
ACP	PS	Social Determinants of Health	2018	X	X	X
ACPM	PS	Weight Management	2016		X
AMA	P	Human Trafficking	2015		X
AMA	P	Obesity	2013		X
APA	P	Serious Mental Illness	2016	X	X
APA	P	Displaced Persons	2017		X
APA	CG	PTSD Evaluation	2004	X
APA	CG	Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults	2015	X
APA	CG	Depression	2010	X
APA	CG	Suicide	2003	X
* AAFP = American Academy of Family Physicians, AAP = American Academy of Pediatrics, ACC = American College of Cardiology, ACEP = American College of Emergency Physicians, ACOG = American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ACP = American College of Physicians, ACPM = American College of Preventative Medicine, AMA = American Medical Association, APA = American Psychiatric Association ** P = Policy, PS = Position Statement, CG = Clinical Guideline