Question

Find one organization on the Internet that is working to address social determinants of health Describe what they are doing and how this addresses health disparities. HTML Edit

Answer 1

According to the World Health Organization, the social determinants of health "are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age."

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis—

• Researchers at this public research university partnered with the Regenstrief Institute
• developing algorithms that can predict the need for social service referrals at a safety-net health system in Indianapolis.
• Using data from 48 socioeconomic and public health indicators
• predict the need for mental health support, dietician counseling, social work services, and other related services.
• Data sources included the health system's EHR, order entry data, clinician notes, the local health information exchange (HIE), and public health data pulled from the US Census Bureau, community health surveys, and county vital statistics.
• Although work in progress but having yielding response.