Building the Evidence Base for Social Determinants of Health Interventions

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In an effort to help build the evidence base around social determinants of health (SDOH), the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) engaged RAND in a project to evaluate the current evidence from programs and policies targeting SDOH and identify research questions, data sources, and data gaps. RAND used a multi-methods approach that included an environmental scan of the published and gray literature of SDOH interventions; key informant interviews with subject matter experts; and a convening of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies and operating divisions to review the results of the environmental scan and offer insights on findings.

Resource Details

  • Topics of Practice: Data Collection and Analysis
  • Outcomes of Interest: Improve Data Infrastructure
  • Level of Evidence: Promising
  • Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
  • Social Determinants of Health: Economic Stability|Education Access and Quality|Healthcare Access and Quality|Neighborhood and Built Environment|Social and Community Context
  • Outside of US: No