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. 2020 Nov 2;44(1):258–279. doi: 10.2337/dci20-0053

Table 4.

Examples of resources on SDOH available for health care organizations and health care professionals

Organization Resource
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tools for Putting Social Determinants of Health Into Action (https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/tools/index.htm)
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Questions for conducting social and behavioral determinant assessment and frequencies for assessing
Adler NE, Stead WW. Patients in context—EHR capture of social and behavioral determinants of health. N Engl J Med 2015;372:698–701. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1413945
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Extramural Affairs The Neighborhood Atlas—Free social determinants of health data for all!
Kind AJH, Buckingham W. Making neighborhood disadvantage metrics accessible: the neighborhood atlas. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2456–2458. PMCID: PMC6051533
American Academy of Family Physicians The EveryONE Project's Neighborhood Navigator Toolkit (https://www.aafp.org/patient-care/social-determinants-of-health/everyone-project/neighborhood-navigator/training-videos.html)
American College of Physicians Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Patient Care and Promote Health Equity: An American College of Physicians Position Paper. DOI: 10.7326/M17-2441
American Medical Association Podcast: Social determinants of health: What they are and what they aren’t (https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/social-determinants-health-what-they-are-what-they-arent)
Nonprofit services 211: A service of the United Way that continuously identifies links for all “211” health and human services referral services in the U.S.
HealthLeads: A nonprofit offering tools, training and resources for integrating SDOH into accountable care
Aunt Bertha: A service that provides links to hundreds of programs serving every U.S. zip code. Free basic use.