Social Determinants of Health

Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on people’s health, well-being, and quality of life. SDOH can be grouped into 5 domains:

Neighborhood and the Built Environment:
Healthy People 2030 Goal: Create neighborhoods and environments that promote health and safety.

Healthcare Quality and Access:
Healthy People 2030 Goal: Increase access to comprehensive, high-quality health care services.

Social and Community Context:
Healthy People 2030 Goal: Increase social and community support.

Education Access and Quality:
Healthy People 2030 Goal: Increase educational opportunities to help children and adolescents do well in school.

Economic Stability:
Healthy People 2030 Goal: Help people earn steady incomes that help them meet their health needs.

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Health Equity Action Plan- (COMING SOON)

Healthy Environments Active Living acknowledges the pervasiveness of health inequities and that eliminating inequities is integral to achieving HEAL's vision that ‘all Utahns have equitable opportunities to lead healthy, informed, safe, and productive lives’. Please see our Healthy Equity Action plan to learn more about what we are doing. 

 https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives#social-determinants-of-health