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Conceptualizing performance measurement for social care interventions: An issue brief for state Medicaid agencies
State Health and Value Strategies
Growing recognition that socioeconomic adversity impacts health outcomes has led the healthcare sector to support initiatives that address social determinants of health (SDOH).
CBO perspectives on community resource referral platforms: Findings from year 1 of highlighting and assessing referral platform participation (HARP)
Trenton Health Team
In 2020, Trenton Health Team received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to test ways to improve use of the NowPow community resource referral platform among Trenton community-based organizations.
Provider impacts of socioeconomic risk screening and referral programs: A systematic scoping review
Strong and consistent evidence has demonstrated that social determinants of health (SDH)—including socioeconomic factors related to the availability of food, transportation, and housing—are associated with health and wellbeing.
Interventions to address social isolation and loneliness: Lessons learned from programs around the globe
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, public health leaders in the United States recognized the importance of addressing social isolation and loneliness as a strategy for improving health.
Data sharing and the law: Overcoming health care sector barriers to sharing data on social determinants
Manatt Health
Hospitals, health plans, and other organizations in the healthcare system increasingly recognize that the health of patients depends not only on medical interventions, but also on social ones.
Food insecurity interventions in health care settings: A review of the evidence
Food insecurity, the limited access to adequate food due to a lack of money or other resources, adversely impacts health across the life course.
Community Resource Referral Platforms: A Guide for Health Care Organizations
SIREN
Health care organizations are increasingly seeking to document patients’ social and economic needs and facilitate relevant referrals to social service organizations.
How do safety net clinics pay for social care programs?
Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network
As the evidence mounts demonstrating that social and economic circumstances shape health outcomes and costs, the health care sector is increasingly investing in activities to mitigate patients’ adverse social risks as a routine part of health care delivery.
Introducing the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network
SIREN
A substantial literature has established that social factors play an important role in determining health outcomes.