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SFHSS adopts Phase 1 Racial Equity Action Plan after discussion on data and staff focus
Summary
The Health Service System Board endorsed a Phase 1 Racial Equity Action Plan focused on internal staff culture, leadership development and recruitment/retention, following presentations on social determinants of health and robust discussion; the measure passed with one dissenting vote.
The San Francisco Health Service System Board endorsed the department’s Phase 1 Racial Equity Action Plan after two linked presentations on social determinants of health (SDOH) and racial equity.
Derek Choi, senior health planner, framed SDOH as the social, economic and environmental factors that drive health outcomes and presented data mapping HSS membership to areas of deprivation; he reported that about 17,000 HSS members live in neighborhoods with Area Deprivation Index scores of 5 or greater. Choi argued the data should inform benefit design, communications and…
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