The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Social determinants of
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The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Social determinants of health influence the health of a community, and in turn they also influence what is needed from healthcare organizations.
Discuss how economic, environmental, social, and demographic factors contribute to the evolution of healthcare organizations located within communities that have vulnerable populations.
How are nurses and nurse leaders uniquely positioned to foster positive relationships between healthcare systems and local communities?
Consider a healthcare organization within which you currently work or have previously worked. Did that organization develop community partnerships that addressed the needs based on social determinants of health? If so, what were they? If not, what partnerships would you recommend?
Healthcare organizations provide illness-based services and/or wellness services, and economic, environmental, social and demographic factors influence that care (Yoder-Wise & Sportsman, 2023). These factors have stimulated the development of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Quintuple Aim. This is an organization that seeks to improve patient care, improve the population’s health, reduce the per capita cost of care and improve health equity.
Nurses and nurse leaders are in uniquely positioned to foster relationships between healthcare systems and local communities because they practice in many different types of healthcare settings and take a much more active and independent role in providing care to patients then in the past (Yoder-Wise & Sportsman, 2023).
HCA foundation invested over $13 million through grants to over 247 agencies and nonprofit foundations (HCA Healthcare Today, 2025). Additionally, HCA gives to the Healthier Tomorrow Fund, which aims to help create career pathways for underserved high school students throughout Florida.
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