Summary
Integration of social determinants of health into health outcomes research allow researchers to study health inequities. The All of Us Research Program has the potential to be a rich source of social determinants of health data. However, user-friendly recommendations for scoring and interpreting the All of Us Social Determinants of Health Survey are needed to return value to communities through advancing researcher competencies in use of the All of Us Research Hub Researcher Workbench.
Authors created a user guide aimed at providing researchers with an overview of the Social Determinants of Health Survey, recommendations for scoring and interpreting participant responses. This user guide targets registered users of the All of Us Research Hub Researcher Workbench, a cloud-based platform that supports analysis of All of Us data, who are currently conducting or planning to conduct analyses using the Social Determinants of Health Survey.
Findings: Researchers introduce 14 constructs evaluated as part of the Social Determinants of Health Survey and summarize construct operationalization. They offer 30 literature-informed recommendations for scoring participant responses and interpreting scores, with multiple options available for 8 of the constructs. They also discuss psychometric considerations related to the Social Determinants of Health Survey for researchers.
This study uses the 2018 CHIS adult questionnaire.
