Social Determinants of Health Research Studies
Social Determinants of Health Research Studies
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Research in this area explores and addresses how various social and economic factors such as the health and wealth gap, lack of housing, food, and safety affect the health outcomes and well-being of our most health-vulnerable populations.
North Carolina
Value-Based Contracting Survey
Jenna Clark attempts to uncover how physicians feel about value-based contracting in order to improve their experiences and potentially promote uptake of value-based contracts.
California
Understanding and Increasing Use of SDoH Services
Matt Kreuter explores the factors that distinguish those who seek out or engage with a health plan to address social needs from those who do not.
Arizona, California, Michigan
The Intersection of Health and Wealth
Mary Acri studies the relationship between health-related debt, utilization of medical care, and health outcomes, and explores the sociodemographic variables that moderate these relationships.
Arizona, California and 18 other states
Assessing the Tax Filing Behaviors and APTC Utilization of Marketplace Members
Mary Acri assesses the tax filing behaviors and utilization of advanced premium tax credits among Marketplace-eligible households.
Georgia, Ohio
Unmet SDoH Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mary Acri explores how the unmet medical needs of Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace members are associated with their sociodemographic characteristics.
Louisiana, Missouri
Coaching Terms Study
Inform the design and content of a new online goal-setting platform, identify participants’ familiarity, perceptions, and preferences for “coaching” and related terms.
Louisiana, Missouri
Usability Testing of a Goal-Setting Platform
Collect insights from Medicaid members to inform the design and content of a new online goal-setting platform.
Examine how different basic needs creates stress in people’s lives, the effects of different basic needs on general financial wellbeing, if having a strong sense of purpose in life or a social support network buffered people against the negative consequences of unmet basic needs and what self-reported health behaviors are correlated with basic needs.
California, Missouri, New Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio
Life Values Assessment
Explore the range of life values held by Medicaid members and the association of these values with health attitudes and behaviors.
Louisiana
Examining Unmet Basic Needs and Healthcare Gaps Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Type 2 Diabetes
Conduct an analysis of claims and survey data in order to describe the unmet basic needs and diabetic-related HEDIS healthcare gaps in a Louisana Medicaid population with diabetes.
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