Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) at ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø

At a glance

ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has taken multiple steps to ensure that efforts to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) are built into the agency’s work and not confined to a single program, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø center, or public health topic.

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ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Social Determinants of Health Framework

In fall 2021, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø leadership started an agencywide process to build and expand cross-cutting efforts to address SDOHA. This effort was led by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and resulted in a framework of six pillarsB:

Data and surveillance: Embed a consistent SDOH approach to standardization, collection, analysis, and dissemination of data across the agency.

Evaluation and evidence building: Advance evaluation and build evidence for strategies that address SDOH to reduce disparities and promote health equity.

Partnerships and collaboration: Establish criteria, actionable steps, and strategies for partnerships, collaborations, and relationships that result in improved health outcomes over the long term.

Community engagement: Foster meaningful, sustained community engagement across all phases of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø intervention planning and implementation.

Infrastructure and capacity: Strengthen and sustain infrastructure such as workforce, training, and access to financial resources required to address SDOH and reduce health disparities.

Policy and law: Identify evidence, tools, and resources to enhance communication about policies that affect SDOH with policy makers and other stakeholders.

ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is using this framework to help agency leadership make decisions about where to invest SDOH resources.

This is a visual representation of the text in this section, showing SDOH at the center of the circle and the six pillars of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's work to address SDOH in a ring around the edge.
This graphic shows the six pillars of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s work to address SDOH.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  1. Prevention of Social Determinants of Health. Updated March 29, 2022. Accessed July 8, 2022.
  2. Hacker K, Houry D. . Public Health Rep. 2022; Sep 9:00333549221120244.
  • Hacker K, Auerbach J, Ikeda R, Philip C, Houry D; SDOH Task Force. . J Public Health ManagPract. 2022;28(6):589-594. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001626