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The Development of Social Determinants of Health Outcome Measures: The Role of Multisector Partnerships and Community
Karen Hacker1, Craig Thomas, Juliet Sheridan
1Author Affiliations: Office of the Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Hacker); Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Thomas); and Public Health Division, Health Practice Area, Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Ms Sheridan and Dr Glasgow).
Purpose:
To develop a set of social determinants of health (SDOH) measurements.
Problem:
Despite burgeoning interest in addressing both SDOH and health-related social needs, the evidence on what works is limited due in part to the lack of standardized measures for evaluation.
Methods:
In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) identified 5 SDOH domains related to chronic disease for future programmatic work. These included built environment, community connections to clinical care, tobacco-free policies, social connectedness, and food and nutrition security. Subsequently, NCCDPHP launched an effort to develop a set of SDOH measures for evaluating funded programs in these domains. The approach involved a literature scan and a rating process based on 5 criteria relevant to NCCDPHP's SDOH priorities. A complementary community review by 13 multisector community partnerships (MCPs) applied a real-world public health practice lens to measure development. MCPs' ratings were analyzed to create summary scores for each measure, and open-ended feedback was synthesized using rapid qualitative analysis.
Results:
The internal workgroup identified 59 measures from the initial 200 measures. Feedback from the MCPs identified issues of relevancy and burden of measures. Their high scores narrowed the 59 measures to 22 covering all 5 domains. In response, CDC is honing the original measures review criteria to include community perspectives.
Conclusion:
Public health measures development is often an academic pursuit. Engaging MCPs lends real-world credibility to the development of common SDOH measures.
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