Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Item Bank

This Item Bank offers a catalogue of questions from instruments used to assess social determinants of health. Questions, which can be adopted or adapted by those creating new instruments, are organized for easy navigation by domains based on the Healthy People 2030 SDOH framework.

 

Information provided for each question includes: 

  • tags indicating relevance to specific SDOH topics,
  • the instrument from which the question was sourced, and 
  • any applicable implementation considerations. 

To view the Item Bank in full screen, select the button in the bottom-right-hand corner or visit SDOH Item Bank.xlsx

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Brianna Bragg

Research Associate - AcademyHealth

Brianna Bragg is a Research Associate at AcademyHealth, where she supports the AHRQ-funded EvidenceNOW: Managi... Read Bio

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Lydia Babcock, M.A., M.P.H.

Senior Research Associate - AcademyHealth

Lydia is a Senior Research Associate at AcademyHealth where she explores strategies to address inequities in g... Read Bio

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Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P.

Director - AcademyHealth

Rachel Dungan works at the intersection of sectors and stakeholder groups – supporting the advancement of heal... Read Bio

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Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Vice President, Health Systems Improvement - AcademyHealth

Elizabeth L. Cope, PhD, MPH, is Vice President of Health Systems Improvement at AcademyHealth where she overse... Read Bio