Local Health Departments Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: A National Survey on the Foreclosure Crisis.

To examine local health department (LHD) engagement in addressing the social determinants of health by using the foreclosure crisis as an example. National survey of 166 LHD staff on the foreclosure crisis (2006-2014). About one quarter (28%) of respondents reported that their LHD had engaged in work related to the foreclosure crisis, 7% planned to engage, and 65% did not or were not planning to engage.

Addressing the social determinants of health through the Alameda County, California, place matters policy initiative.

In Alameda County, California, significant health inequities by race/ethnicity, income, and place persist. Many of the county's low-income residents and residents of color live in communities that have faced historical and current disinvestment through public policies. This disinvestment affects community conditions such as access to economic opportunities, well-maintained and affordable housing, high-quality schools, healthy food, safe parks, and clean water and air.

Is there an association between local health department organizational and administrative factors and childhood immunization coverage rates?

Background: Vaccines are valuable, cost-effective tools for preventing disease and improving community health. Despite the importance and ubiquity of vaccinations, childhood immunization coverage rates vary widely by geography, race, and ethnicity. These differences have been documented for nearly two decades, but their sources are poorly understood.