Social Determinants of Health Indicator Comparison

Social Determinants of Health Indicator Comparison

Health Law, Policy, Ethics, And Global Trends
Wk 3 – Social Determinants of Health Indicator
Comparison [due Mon]
Wk 3 – Social Determinants of Health Indicator
Comparison [due Mon]
Assignment Content
Review the grading rubric.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have been shown to drive up to 80% of health
outcome for patients (RWJF, 2019). Learning about SDOH will help prepare you to
understand the most common SDOH in your community, which will then help prepare you to
advocate for patients and community members to minimize and potentially eliminate any
health disparities that result from the SDOH.
Access The National Equity Atlas.
Note: From the main page, you can click Start Here at the top of the page and you will be
taken to Getting Started with the National Equity Atlas. This will provide you with instructions
on how to use the National Equity Atlas.
Research social determinants of health indicators from at least 3 cities or states, one being
the city or state where you live.
Click Indicators on top of any page and you will be taken to indicators used in the atlas
(demographics, economic vitality, readiness, connectedness, and economic benefits).
Compare and contrast the following for each city or state:
Indicator Group: Demographics
Race/ethnicity
Geography type: City or state
Your city or state of residence
Repeat a-c for 2 other cities or states
Indicator Group: Demographics
Population growth
Geography type: City or state
Your city or state of residence
Repeat a-c for 2 other cities or states
Indicator Group: Economic Vitality
Choose between poverty or working poor
Geography type: City or state
Your city or state of residence
Repeat a-c for 2 other cities or states
Indicator Group: Readiness
School poverty
Geography type: City or state
Your city or state of residence
Repeat a-c for 2 other cities or states
Indicator Group: Connectedness
Neighborhood poverty
Geography type: City or state
Your city or state of residence
Repeat a-c for 2 other cities or states
You will submit Part I and Part 2 as “one” document.
Part 1
Organize your research in a table/chart comparing the city or state where you live and the 2
selected cities or states for each of the 5 areas above.
Using the National Equity Atlas information, investigate the following for each of the 5
indicators:
Insight and analyses of each indicator
How each of the indicators can be a driver of inequity
Strategies to help grow an equitable economy
Part 2
Create a 1-page infographic that includes:
The information from your table/chart
A brief section addressing likely causes of the differences in SDOH in the 3 cities or
states and how cities or states with higher poverty/inequity can use other cities’ or
states’ information to improve their own health equity.
Note: If you need help creating an infographic, watch “How to Make an Infographic in 5
Steps” in this week’s Learning Activities folder. The National Equity Atlas also provides
instructions on how to visually display data under the Lab dropdown at the top of the site.
Begin with Starter Viz followed by Data Viz Tools and then Tableau-Ready Data.
Cite at least 4 scholarly sources, one of which can be Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health
Care.
Format your sources according to APA 7th ed. guidelines.
Submit Part 1 and Part 2 (table and infographic) as “one” document.
Reference
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2019).
https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2019/02/medicaid-s-role-in-addressing-social-determi
nants-of-health.html
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