Assignment: Social Determinates Of Health (SDOH)

Assignment: Social Determinates Of Health (SDOH)
Assignment: Social Determinates Of Health (SDOH)
Refer back to the interview and evaluation you conducted in the Topic 2 Family Health Assessment assignment. Identify the social determinates of health (SDOH) contributing to the family’s health status. In a 750-900-word paper, create a plan of action to incorporate health promotion strategies for this family. Include the following:
Describe the SDOH that affect the family health status. What is the impact of these SDOH on the family? Discuss why these factors are prevalent for this family.
Based on the information gathered through the family health assessment, recommend age-appropriate screenings for each family member. Provide support and rationale for your suggestions.
Choose a health model to assist in creating a plan of action. Describe the model selected. Discuss the reasons why this health model is the best choice for this family. Provide rationale for your reasoning.
Using the model, outline the steps for a family-centered health promotion. Include strategies for communication.
Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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A growing number of programs to address social determinants of health are emerging.
Some of these programs aim to raise health-related spending in non-health industries, while others aim to have the health-care system address larger social and environmental variables that influence health.
Non-Health Sectors Pay Attention to Health
Non-health policies and behaviors have an impact on health and health inequalities.
Access to work, inexpensive healthy meals, health care, and other critical drivers of health and wellbeing, for example, are all influenced by the availability and accessibility of public transportation.
Nutrition programs and policies can benefit health by promoting healthier corner stores in low-income communities,7 farm to school programs8, community and school gardens, and broader efforts to support the production and consumption of healthy foods.
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Early childhood education for children from low-income families and communities of color aids in closing achievement gaps, improving low-income students’ health, and promoting health justice.
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“Health in All Policies” is an approach to decision-making that combines health considerations across industries and policy domains.
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A health-in-all-policies approach explores how decisions in various sectors affect health and how improved health can help these various sectors achieve their goals.
It brings together a wide range of partners and stakeholders to promote health, equity, and sustainability while also advancing other objectives like as job creation and economic stability, transit access and mobility, a robust agriculture system, and increased educational attainment.
Task forces and workgroups focused on bringing together leaders from across agencies and the community to collaborate and prioritize a focus on health and health equity are being used by states and localities to implement the Health in All Policies approach.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the National Prevention Council, which brings together senior leadership from 20 federal departments, agencies, and offices to design the National Prevention Strategy in collaboration with the Prevention Advisory Group, stakeholders, and the general public.
Place-based programs concentrate on applying cross-sector measures to enhance health in underserved areas or communities.
The link between communities and health is becoming more widely recognized, with zip codes proving to be a better predictor of a person’s health than their genetic code.
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Several efforts are focusing on adopting coordinated policies across several sectors in communities with social, economic, and environmental constraints that lead to poor health outcomes and health inequalities.