Subject Guides: Health and Society: Health Determinants and Disparities

Physician Awareness and Action

Florida State Health Gaps Report
Discover county-level differences in health gaps, and learn what can be done to close the gaps in Florida
Standardized Screening for Health-Related Social Needs in Clinical Settings
Background and description of the Accountable Health Communities screening tool
Screening for Basic and Social Needs and Connecting Families to Community Resources
Practice tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute
At the Morehouse School of Medicine; its vision is to be a leading transformative force for global health equity.

Education Resources for Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
From the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
Health and Well-Being for All: Accelerating Learning about Social Determinants
From the CDC Foundation.
Behavioral and Social Science Foundations for Future Physicians
Report that can help medical educators decide what to teach from the behavioral and social sciences in their curricula and how best to teach it.
U.S. Child Poverty Curriculum
Training modules to promote understanding of the impact of poverty and other social determinants of health on child well-being.

HDPulse: An Ecosystem of Health Disparities and Minority Health Resources (NIH)
Interactive graphics and maps; provides decision support on where to focus public health disparities control efforts.
Health disparities and health equities: concepts and measurement
From the Annual Review of Public Health
Health Equity
Peer-reviewed open access journal
HSRIC's Health Disparities
Includes data sets, statistics, and measurement tools.
JAMA Network: Health Disparities
The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014
Office of Minority Health
Develops health policies and programs to help eliminate health disparities.
US Health & Inequality (infographic)
Graphic depiction of health dispariy outcomes in the United States.

Health Law Partnership (HeLP)
Interdisciplinary collaboration among the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia State University College of Law to improve the health of low-income children and their families.
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
Education, research, and technical assistance to help health organizations in the United States leverage legal services as a standard part of the way they respond to social needs

U.S. Child Poverty Curriculum
Training modules to promote understanding of the impact of poverty and other social determinants of health on child well-being.

Health Workforce Mapper
Interactive tool to view where physicians practice and build layers of patient health, demographic and health policy data
The Practical Playbook
Advance collaboration among public health, primary care, and others to improve population health. Practical implementation tools, guidance, and resources are provided.