Empirically identified SDOH Domains from Health Center Screening Documents
| SDOH Domains* | Dimensions |
|---|---|
| Culture | Religion/spiritual beliefs |
| Family culture | |
| Demographics | Gender/sexual orientation |
| Place of birth | |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Refugee status | |
| Justice involvement | |
| Economic indicators | Income |
| Assets | |
| Assistance programs | |
| Indebtedness | |
| Education | Educational attainment |
| Basic literacy | |
| Health literacy | |
| Numeracy | |
| Employment | Unemployed |
| Migrant/seasonal | |
| Day laborers | |
| Disability status | |
| Retirement status | |
| Student | |
| Job assistance | |
| Family | Marital status |
| Dependents | |
| Living arrangements | |
| Functional status | ADLs |
| IADLs | |
| Frailty | |
| Health behaviors | Alcohol |
| Drug use | |
| Tobacco | |
| Secondhand smoking | |
| Physical activity | |
| Sexual activity | |
| Safety | |
| Diet | |
| Healthcare access | Insurance status |
| Healthcare affordability | |
| Source of usual care | |
| Housing | Homelessness |
| Housing safety | |
| Housing quality | |
| Housing insecurity | |
| Language | Primary language |
| English proficiency | |
| Interpreter/translator needed | |
| Other language proficiency | |
| Material hardship | Food insecurity |
| Utilities | |
| Transportation | |
| Medication affordability | |
| Access to technology | |
| Child care | |
| Clothing | |
| Legal services | |
| Mental health | Depression |
| Anxiety | |
| PTSD | |
| ADD/ADHD | |
| Suicide/Self-harm | |
| Stress | |
| Sleep | |
| Social support | Community activities |
| Safe environment | |
| Public spaces | |
| Racism | |
| Discrimination | |
| Trust | |
| School culture | |
| Social isolation | |
| Trauma/violence | IPV |
| Trauma | |
| Physical abuse | |
| Sexual abuse | |
| Mental abuse | |
| Veteran status | Military trauma history |
| Combat veteran | |
| Active military |
ADD/ADHD, Attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity disorder; ADL, activity of daily living; IADL, independent activities of daily living; IPV, interpersonal violence; PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder; SDOH, Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health.
↵* All core domains had a “General” subdomain code if screening questions did not pertain to one of the listed subdomains on the right column.
Sixteen domains.
Seventy-eight dimensions.