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Four Ways to Overcome Partnership Hurdles and Address Social Determinants of Health
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Four Ways to Overcome Partnership Hurdles and Address Social Determinants of Health

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This blog post explores four opportunities for organizations invested in social determinants of health (SDOH) partnerships to speed success, including looking beyond existing relationships, understanding the availability and limitations of data, backing innovation, and doing more to advance SDOH efforts at a state-level.

The authors address core challenges that have emerged across their work to help SDOH providers enter into contractual arrangements, including cultural, data-related, and funding challenges. Addressing opportunities to speed progress will bolster those working to improve community health and well-being.

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Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States

This issue brief describes the different roles intermediaries can play; provides examples of where they have been used in practice; and identifies the risks, benefits, and possible innovations of intermediaries as well as policy approaches that might facilitate their appropriate use.

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“More Than Just Giving Them a Piece of Paper”: Interviews with Primary Care on Social Needs Referrals to Community-Based Organizations

This publication characterizes referrals to community-based organizations by primary care practices, which are increasingly being used by healthcare organizations to invest in social care.

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Revising the Foundational Public Health Services in 2022

This publication provides a framework outlining the unique responsibilities of governmental public health and can be used to explain the vital role of governmental public health in a thriving community; identify capacity and resource gaps; determine the cost for assuring foundational activities; and justify funding needs