Background Policymakers in many countries promote collaboration between health care
organizations and other sectors as a route to improving population health. Local …

Organisations spanning social services, public health and healthcare have increasingly
experimented with collaboration as a tool for improving population health and reducing …

Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs)—which coordinate social services for older adults in
communities across the US—regularly address social determinants of health, sometimes in …

Identifying subgroups of citizens with varying levels of self-sufficiency in a large local or
regional population provides local government with essential input for providing matching …

Area Agencies on Aging are increasingly partnering with health care organizations to
address the health-related social needs of older adults and contribute to multisector …

Background: Services targeting social determinants of health—such as income support,
housing, and nutrition—have been shown to improve health outcomes and reduce health …

Social capital refers to the social norms and networks that build trust and enable individuals
to pursue shared objectives; it can vary considerably between communities and across time …

Objective To examine how a preexisting initiative to align health care, public health, and
social services influenced COVID‐19 pandemic response. Data Sources and Study Setting …

Background The environment in which a patient lives influences their health outcomes.
However, the degree to which community factors are associated with readmissions is …

Social workers are an integral part of the US healthcare system, yet specific contributions of
social work to health and cost-containment outcomes is sparse. This scoping review …