A new framework
for mitigating harmful SDOH

The DUSON/CLAFH framework serves as a roadmap for educators, practitioners, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders designing programs to mitigate harmful SDOH and bolster strength-based resilience factors that set communities up to thrive despite structural adversity.

Dhar A, Bhatt J, Batra N, Rush B, Gerhardt W, Davis A. US health care can’t afford health inequities. Deloitte. Published June 22, 2022. Accessed November 17, 2022.

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/economic-cost-of-health-disparities.html.

Thimm-Kaiser M, Benzekri A., Guilamo-Ramos V. Conceptualizing the mechanisms of social determinants of health: A heuristic framework to inform future directions for mitigation. 2022. (under review).

SDOH are usually grouped into five broad, static domains.

Economic
Stability

Education Access
and Quality

Health Care Access
and Quality

Neighborhood and
Built Environment

Social and
Community Context

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