Research Article
Connecting Self-reported COVID-19 Needs with Social Determinants of Health
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-34586-9_15, author={Jessica A. Pater and Tammy Toscos and Mindy Flanagan and Michelle Drouin and Deborah McMahan and Meg Distler and Patti Hayes and Nelson Peters}, title={Connecting Self-reported COVID-19 Needs with Social Determinants of Health}, proceedings={Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. 16th EAI International Conference, PervasiveHealth 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece, December 12-14, 2022, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2023}, month={6}, keywords={COVID-19 Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) community survey community partnerships}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-34586-9_15} }- Jessica A. Pater
Tammy Toscos
Mindy Flanagan
Michelle Drouin
Deborah McMahan
Meg Distler
Patti Hayes
Nelson Peters
Year: 2023
Connecting Self-reported COVID-19 Needs with Social Determinants of Health
PERVASIVEHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34586-9_15
Abstract
COVID-19 rapidly challenged and changed our understanding of what needs were unmet in the community and the reality of how stable communities were with respect to basic daily needs like transportation, access to medications, how financial reserves. In this study, we report on a set of hyper-local community-based surveys (N = 44796; N = 1039) developed by stakeholders from across the community using a social determinants of health lens to rapidly measure these evolving needs. Findings were stratified across a financial sustainability measure and focused on understanding where people would and were looking for support for medication and healthcare needs as well as the basic life necessities of food, water, utilities, and shelter. Survey results were shared with health system and community leaders as well as elected officials to support real-time data-driven decision making within our local community as needs rapidly evolved.
