How can health systems and care providers better address the social needs of patients and the social determinants of health?

On September 25, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its new report Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health. The report release webinar included an overview of the report and discussion of the report’s findings, recommendations, and key messages.

Authoring committee members participating in the webinar included:

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (Committee Chair), University of California San Francisco
Karen DeSalvo, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Chris Esguerra, Blue Shield of California
Robyn Golden, Rush University Medical Center

For more information, visit nationalacademies.org/SocialCare.

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• Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity
• Communicating to Advance the Public’s Health
• Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda
• A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
• Framing the Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity: Proceedings of a Workshop
• Exploring Equity in Multisector Community Health Partnerships: Proceedings of a Workshop

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