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Social Determinants of Health Framework

National Academy of Medicine (NAM). "Social Determinants of Health Framework." 2017.

Key findings used in wiki

  • Established five broad SDOH domains: economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, social and community context
  • Foundational framework adopted across US health systems
  • GiveCare's six-zone model preserves the multi-dimensional structure while adding caregiver-specific domains (P5: Legal & Navigation, P6: Emotional Wellbeing) absent from the NAM framework
  • Informed the overall structural approach of the GC-SDOH-30 instrument