ONE HEALTH ENGLEWOOD

Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems

 

Include SDOH measures as basis for addressing community health problems and inequities

Ensure community health assessments (CHA) include SDOH measures and engage communities and multi-sectoral partners in CHA efforts.

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Diagnose and investigate health problems

and health hazards in the community

 

Include community-level determinants of health in investigations, as well as policies and practices that involve other sectors to support them.

 

For example:

• Ensure water sources meet required standards

• Ensure brownfield sites Identify hazardous waste that might contaminate a community

• Address deteriorating housing conditions to prevent lead poisoning and other hazards to health.

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 Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues 

 

Ensure outreach and education efforts address social and structural determinants of health inequities

 

Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to community health (e.g. both of which can decrease likelihood of seeking needed health care.., REACH) to help address SDOH. Approaches should take into account such challenges as structural racism and stigma against immigrants, both of which can decrease likelihood of seeking needed health care.

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Mobilize community partnerships and action

to identify and solve health problems

 

Engage and collaborate with community members and non-traditional partners associated with SDOHs, such as

 

• Housing authorities

• Law enforcement

• Schools

• Community organizations

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Develop policies and plans that support

individual and community health efforts

 

Leverage evidence-based policies in non-health sectors that affect SDOH and health outcomes, such as

 

• Safe and affordable housing that can reduce risk for asthma, lead poisoning, homelessness

• Full-day kindergarten that can reduce adverse health prospects such as teenage pregnancy

• Develop and implement state/community health improvement plans that include and address the SDOH in collaboration with community partners