Considerations for Social Needs Screening in a Local Public Health Agency.

Context: The social determinants of health impact the health outcomes of local public health agency clients. This report shows how the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH) sought to address this for its clients.

Program: This midstream intervention identified individual DOH client needs and navigated clients to community resources to address these social needs.

Establishing the infrastructure to comprehensively address cancer disparities: a model for transdisciplinary approaches.

The Center for Equal Health (CEH), a transdisciplinary Center of Excellence, was established to investigate cancer disparities comprehensively and achieve health equity through research, education, training, and community outreach. This paper discusses challenges faced by CEH, strategies employed to foster collaborations, lessons learned, and future considerations for establishing similar initiatives.