Learn about national efforts to address social determinants of health—including information about current research and resources to develop programs and policies that are informed by evidence on what's effective, replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
Reviews of published intervention evaluations or studies that have evidence of effectiveness, feasibility, reach, sustainability, and transferability grouped by topic. Each evidence-based resource is related to one or more Healthy People 2030 objectives.
CDC’S National HIV Surveillance System is the primary source for monitoring HIV trends in the United States. This interactive tool provides an effective way to disseminate data, while allowing users to observe trends and patterns by creating detailed reports, maps, and other graphics.
Health-related measures from Medicare claims by sex, age, dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid, race and ethnicity, and state/territory and county. Provides users with a quick and easy way to identify areas with large numbers of vulnerable populations and to target interventions to address racial and ethnic disparities.
Collection of reports on the proceedings from the 2007 Measures of the Food and Built Environments Workshop. The supplement highlights the need for: Better reporting of validity and reliability of measures; tailoring or validation of measures for communities of populations at high risk for obesity (e.g., rural, low-income, racial/ethnic minority communities); and refinement of conceptual models.
MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. The MEPS Household Component survey collects demographic characteristics of families and individuals in selected communities across the United States. Health care disparities can be examined for any topics within the MEPS Household Component survey.
Collects and analyzes data on a broad range of health topics to monitor trends in illness and disability and to track progress toward achieving national health objectives. A major strength of the survey lies in the ability to display these health characteristics by many demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
A compilation of published scientific literature on cancer-related topics with Native American communities including American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and First Nations populations.
Minority health literature, research and referrals for consumers, community organizations and health professionals. The Resource Center offers a variety of information resources, including access to online document collections, database and funding searches, and customized responses to requests for information. The Knowledge Center Library contains more than 70,000 documents, books, journal articles and media related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations. It also includes sources of consumer health material in more than 40 languages.
A catalog of recommended standard measures of phenotypes and environmental exposures for use in biomedical research. This includes common data elements for tobacco regulatory research, substance abuse and addiction, mental health research, sickle cell disease research, and social determinants of health.
The PhenX Toolkit provides recommended standard measures of phenotypes and environmental exposures for use in biomedical research. This collection includes common data elements for research on social determinants of health.
Allows local health departments and jurisdictions to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health-related outcomes in their areas and assist them in planning public health interventions. Provides model-based population-level analysis and community estimates of 27 chronic disease measures for the entire United States.
The Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) application assists primary care clinicians to identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.
The Prevention TaskForce data is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors.
Reports and publications from the Surgeon General covering a range of topics including substance abuse, tobacco, suicide prevention, disease prevention, mental health, violence, oral health, physical activity and nutrition, skin cancer, breastfeeding, healthy homes, prevention of pre-term birth, and health literacy.
Resources for those looking to better understand how to capture and understand the health of sexual and gender minority populations. Information includes recommended and validated measures for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), examples of surveys that collect SOGI data, and guiding principles for data collection and recommendations for future measurement-related research.
CDC data and tools on health conditions and social determinants of health, such as income, educational level, and employment, that can help focus efforts to improve community health.
Resources that American Indian and Alaska Native communities can use to strengthen suicide prevention efforts.
CDC tools and resources to help practitioners take action to address social determinants of health including toolkits, reports, and guides.
Profiles from the U.S. Census Bureau provide high-level statistics about geographic areas regarding people and population, race and ethnicity, families and living arrangements, health, education, business and economy, employment, housing, and income and poverty.
Resources, organizations, and articles that American Indian and Alaska Native communities can use to strengthen violence prevention efforts.