Indexed journal articles, position papers, individual lectures, websites, videos, and other data sources pertaining to social determinants of health that can be used to build curricula.
General Resources
Critical Synthesis Package: Health Professional’s Attitude Towards the Homeless Inventory (HPATHI)
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource describes the Health Professional’s Attitude Towards the Homeless Inventory (HPATHI), a 19-item survey to assess medical students’ and […]
Crow, Sheila
Survey Instrument
Housing
Poverty
Critical Synthesis Package: Attitudes Towards Homelessness Inventory (ATHI)
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource describes the Attitudes Towards Homelessness Inventory (ATHI), a brief 11-item survey meant to be self-administered by health sciences […]
Foster, Adriana
Survey Instrument
Housing
Implicit/Explicit Bias
Poverty
Addressing the Effects of Psychological Trauma in a Community Using a Social Determinants of Health Approach: A Case Study
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource provides a historical view of a specific city (Newark, NJ), highlighting how events, legislation, etc. impacted the community […]
Rutgers School of Nursing
Case study with discussion questions
Videos
Websites
Access to Care
Education
Environment/neighborhoods/community assets
Food insecurities
Health Behaviors (substance abuse, obesity, tobacco)
Health Disparities/equity
Health Literacy/Literacy
Housing
Immigration Status
Incarceration
Poverty
Psychological trauma
Segregation
Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource is a web-based 6-part series designed to address adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in the primary care setting. The […]
American Academy of Pediatrics
Websites
Adverse childhood events
Traumas
Just Health Action: Empowering People to Promote Health Equity
Date of Review: December, 2019 Just Health Action is a non-profit organization based in Seattle, WA that teaches ‘critical health literacy’ to empower communities to […]
Assessing Community Health
Organizations
Websites
Environmental Justice and Waste Management
Health Disparities/equity
Beyond Genograms: The Art of Engaging Medical Learners in Systems Thinking
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource includes a PowerPoint presentation (with speaker notes) on a systems approach to thinking about medicine and healthcare, as […]
Romain, Amy
Power Point Presentation
Education
Environment/neighborhoods/community assets
General SDOH
Housing
Social Networks/Social Isolation
An Overview of Commonly-Used Social Determinants of Health Screening Tools
Date of Review: December, 2019 This resource provided by the Episcopal Health Foundation lists various screening tools that can be used to identify the Social […]
EHF Research Division
Power Point Presentation
Screening Tools
General SDOH
A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Date of Review: December, 2019 This is an incredible and comprehensive resource that provides guidance to educators involved in “Educating Health Professional’s” recommended and unifying […]
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Journal publications
Organizations
Toolkit
General SDOH
UCSF Social Determinants of Health Resources & Literature:
Date of Review: December, 2019 This is an extensive collection of many types of resources, including research papers, interventions, advocacy, curricula, policy briefs and links […]
Websites
Access to Care
Adverse childhood events
Advocacy
Community Medicine
Environment/neighborhoods/community assets
General SDOH
Health Behaviors (substance abuse, obesity, tobacco)
Health Disparities/equity
Poverty
Racism
Social Stressors/Biology/Epigenetics
Traumas
Violence
The EveryONE Project Introduces Neighborhood Navigator
Date of Review: December, 2019 I can’t believe I’ve never known about this. It has Chicago resources and I ran 2 searches and it was […]
Crawford, Chris
Digital Navigation Tools
Organizations
Resource Navigator
Toolkit
Websites
Access to Care
Community Medicine
Environment/neighborhoods/community assets
Food insecurities
Gender/sexuality/LGBTQ Health
General SDOH
Health Behaviors (substance abuse, obesity, tobacco)
Housing
Immigration Status
Insurance
Poverty
Traumas
Violence