/ en Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:02:57 -0500 Thu, 20 Jan 22 15:12:45 -0600 /node/681718 <p>This guidebook offers a section on why investing in communities is necessary for the benefit of the overall health of local populations and in encouraging accountability. The guidebook encourages the involvement of leaders in the local community.</p> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:12:45 -0600 Other Designations /node/681453 <p>This pamphlet is an example of an active DEI initiative at a health organization. They clearly define diversity and inclusion, why it's important, outlining their mission and explaining what they do, and identifying their leaders and members. Most importantly, they indicate how they should be percieved in the community and in the hospital so they may be held accountable.</p> Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:02:13 -0600 Other Designations <p>Built around the proactive concept of upstream care, the series was developed with Rishi Manchanda, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO at <a href="https://healthbegins.org/" target="_blank" title="Visit the HealthBegins homepage.">HealthBegins</a>, an organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening the work of frontline clinicians and community partners to improve care and address the social determinants of health (SDoH). The AHA's Physician Alliance has developed resources to help clinicians address social determinants of health within a framework that maximizes their skills while helping organizations systematically approach these challenges.</p><p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-education.png" data-entity-uuid="6a9368f1-3545-4928-b6ff-c0e1589638e3" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH education" width="88" height="88" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-food.png" data-entity-uuid="5b366de5-fadd-42c8-b0d8-4f08729a586f" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH food" width="84" height="84" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><h4><a href="/physicians/SDOH">Virtual Expedition Modules</a></h4><p>A series on how healthcare leaders use upstream quality improvement to address SDoH inequities.</p></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-health-behaviors.png" data-entity-uuid="547941cf-1ae2-40b2-b6b8-ba13bfb54ba1" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH health behaviors" width="88" height="88" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-housing.png" data-entity-uuid="e275358e-b35f-4548-90bf-1cf110edda64" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH housing " width="87" height="87" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><h4><a href="/news/blog/2019-03-28-four-keys-applying-quality-performance-tools-and-tackling-social-determinants">Four Keys to Applying Quality Performance Tools and Tackling SDoH</a></h4><p>An AHA STAT Blog focusing on how to use existing skills and resources to tackle SDoH.</p></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-social-support.png" data-entity-uuid="045b1af7-773e-47b2-a1a1-77bb9c286a61" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH social support" width="88" height="88" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-employment.png" data-entity-uuid="1b862824-efb4-4e63-a13e-ae496aa6aadb" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH employment" width="87" height="87" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><h4><a href="https://www.healthbegins.org/">HealthBegins Resources</a></h4><p>HealthBegins, a professional home for Upstreamists, has developed resources to improve communication about and address health-related social needs and social determinants of health.</p></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-violence.png" data-entity-uuid="9aa307fc-254d-461d-a0e9-fa0a8c88c47f" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH violence" width="94" height="94" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/icon-transportation.png" data-entity-uuid="33e11f5e-aded-4792-96c2-c9dca62c7b7a" data-entity-type="file" alt="SDoH transportation" width="94" height="94" class="align-center"><p> </p></td><td><h4><a href="/toolkitsmethodology/2019-06-05-screening-social-needs-guiding-care-teams-engage-patients">Screening for Social Needs:  Guiding Care Teams to Engage Patients</a></h4><p>AHA's <a href="/value-initiative">The Value Initiative</a> developed this tool to help hospitals and health systems facilitate sensitive conversations with patients about their nonmedical needs that may be a barrier to good health.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The AHA, HRET and ACHI are working to support hospitals and health systems as they address social determinants of health, eliminate health care disparities and provide comprehensive care to every patient in every community—all of which improve community health. <a href="/social-determinants-health">Visit the Population and Community Health resources</a> for more tools on SDoH topics:</p><ul><li><a href="/ahahret-guides/2017-06-21-social-determinants-health-series-food-insecurity-and-role-hospitals">Social Determinants of Health Series: Food Insecurity and the Role of Hospitals</a></li><li><a href="/ahahret-guides/2017-08-22-social-determinants-health-series-housing-and-role-hospitals">Social Determinants of Health Series: Housing and the Role of Hospitals</a></li><li><a href="/ahahret-guides/2017-11-15-social-determinants-health-series-transportation-and-role-hospitals">Social Determinants of Health Series: Transportation and the Role of Hospitals</a></li></ul> Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:01:48 -0500 Other Designations