General Resources
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
Anti-Racism
Community Medicine
Environment/neighborhoods/community assets
General SDOH
Health Behaviors (substance abuse, obesity, tobacco)
Health Disparities/equity
Poverty
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
The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
Date of Review: January, 2020 This resource is a TEDMed Talk presented by the sociologist Dorothy Roberts that describes her opinion on the importance of […]
Roberts, Dorothy
TED Med Talk
Anti-Racism
Discrimination
Health Disparities/equity
Essentials of Health Justice
Date of Review: January, 2020 This resource is a book focusing on “social and structural determinants of health, systems of care for underserved populations, health […]
Tobin-Tyler, Elizabeth
Books or book chapters
Discrimination
Health Disparities/equity
Implicit/Explicit Bias
Legal Structures that affect Health Equity