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Social Determinants of Health Step 4: Leverage Resources

Simply offering resources and promoting healthy choices will not solve health inequities. Employers need to create an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity for well-being. Here you will find resources for integrating social determinants of health into your workplace culture, organized by CDC’s five domains for SDoH.

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Foundational elements

Social Determinants of Health – an Employer Priority, HERO Health
Beyond Healthcare: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity, Kaiser Family Foundation
Issues Relevant to Advancing Worker Well-being Using Total Worker Health approach, CDC
Health Impact in 5 Years, CDC
Community Commons online platform with tools, resources, data and stories, Community Commons

Social Needs Screening Tool, AAFP
PRAPARE Overview, PRAPARE
The Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool, CMS
How to measure Diversity and Inclusion for a stronger workplace, Survey Monkey
Measuring What Works to Achieve Health Equity- Metrics for the Determinants of Health Executive_Summary.pdf (preventioninstitute.org), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Resources to address gaps in social determinants of health

Living wage calculator, MIT
Family budget calculator, Economic Policy Institute
Recommended for Safety and Health Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Transportation (vouchers, rideshare, and discounted bus/train passes)
Food support
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), USDA
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), USDA
- Farmers Market Nutrition Program , USDA
- Child Nutrition Programs, USDA
- Find Your Local Food Bank, Feeding America
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), HHS.gov
- Medicaid, Medicaid.gov
Free and reduced cost support for employees, findhelp.org
Help starts here 211, 211.org
Financial well-being resources
Caregiver supports, usa.gov
Employee training in healthcare consumerism/navigation, SHRMM

Advancing health equity in the workplace, McKinsey & Company
Best practices in development a mental health strategic plan, MMA
LGBTQ Provider Search, GLMA
Corporate Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign
- National benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to LGBTQ employees

Smoke-free workplace
- Smoke-free Policies Reduce Smoking, CDC
Workplace fitness opportunities
- Onsite gym and walking routes
Workplace lactation rooms
- Lactation Support, CDC
Workplace healthy food access
- Healthy Workplace Food and Beverage Toolkit, American Heart Association
Workplace culture that reduces psychological stress
- Stress: What are the Management Standards? , Health and Safety Executive

Social Determinants of Health Step 4: Leverage Resources

Foundational elements

Resources to address gaps in social determinants of health

Social Determinants of Health Playbook steps

Evaluate Needs

Build Awareness

Foster a Caring Culture

Leverage Resources

Well-being Playbooks

Well-being Foundations Playbook

Mental Health Playbook

Social Well-being Playbook

Financial Well-being Playbook

Physical Well-being Playbook