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. 2025 Sep 12;12:e69545. doi: 10.2196/69545

Table 2.

Social determinants of health digital health technology (SDOH-DHT) search strategy.


Web-based tools App
Search Terms One or more of these SDOH term permutations:
  • Social determinants of health

  • Social services

  • Social services referral system

  • SDOH

  • Social Risks

  • Social factors

  • Social risk factors

  • Social determinants

  • Health‐related social needs

  • Health‐related social problems

  • Social needs

  • Social needs-informed care

  • Social needs-targeted care

AND
One or more of these digital term permutations:
  • Digital health intervention

  • Digital health technology

  • Client communication system

  • Community-based information system

  • Digital health tools

  • Interactive tools

  • Tool

  • Technology interventions

  • E-health

  • Website

  • App

  • Mobile health/mhealth

  • Platform

  • Connect

One or more of these SDOH term permutations:
  • Social determinants of health

  • Social services

  • Social services referral system

  • SDOH

  • Social Risks

  • Social factors

  • Social risk factors

  • Social determinants

  • Health‐related social needs

  • Health‐related social problems

  • Social needs

  • Social needs-informed care

  • Social needs-targeted care

Inclusion criteria
  • Tool addresses more than one SDOH domain.

  • Primary target user includes those experiencing a social needs consumer directed

  • Interactive human-computer interaction (HCI) features included to provide SDOH education and awareness, assess social needs, obtain services, or manage social needs.

  • Tool addresses more than one SDOH domain.

  • Primary target user includes those experiencing a social needs consumer directed

  • Interactive-(HCI) features included to assess needs, obtain services, or manage needs.

Exclusion criteria
  • Tools that limit scope to one SDOH domain (eg, just health care needs).

  • Tools that target primarily policy makers, community leaders, and health care providers or administrators (eg, tools that provide data sets and strategies for community health improvement)

  • Tools that limit scope to one SDOH domain (eg, just health care needs).

  • Tools that target primarily policy makers, community leaders, and health care providers or administrators (eg, tools that provide data sets and strategies for community health improvement)