Description
Measuring What Matters in Social Determinants of Health for Chronic Illness
There is a known association between social determinants of health (SDoH) and chronic disease disparities, and between chronic disease and health related quality of life (HRQL). Far less is known about associations among SDoH, chronic disease and health outcomes, including HRQL. This symposium proposes to highlight conceptual relationships among these concepts and stimulate research ideas, including novel methodologies to analyze relationships between SDoH and HRQL for people with chronic illness.
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DAY ONE
Session 1: An Overview of SDoH for Health Outcomes
This session will provide an introduction to the symposium. ISOQOL Past President, Joanne Greenhalgh, will discuss the relevance of this topic to our organization. The primary presenters at this first plenary will provide an introduction to SDoH, including conceptualizations and perspectives of SDoH. The relevance of SDoH to HRQL and its application in addressing outcomes for persons with chronic disease will be discussed.
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Session 2: Addressing SDoH to Improve Health and Well-Being
Representatives from the CDC and NIMHD will discuss conceptualizations of SDoH and strategies for addressing SDoH from research and programmatic perspectives. A community-level intervention to address blood pressure will be used as an example to highlight how clinic and community linked interventions can address SDoH and improve outcomes.
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Session 3: Methodological Approaches to Quantify SDoH
This session will address methodological approaches to measuring SDoH. Methodology topics include composite summary indexes, geocoding, and complex systems modeling of causal effects.
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