SONNET papers and presentations on National Social Health Survey data
Peer-reviewed publications
Association of Housing Instability with Obesity Status Among Insured Adults
Published April 2024 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, this paper used data from Kaiser Permanente's 2020 National Social Health Survey to shed light on the link between housing instability and obesity. Among the key findings: People who experienced severe housing instability were nearly twice as likely to have severe obesity. Lead author: Morgan Clennin, PhD, MPH.
Understanding the relationship between social risk factors and COVID-19 contacts
Published in April 2023 in The Permanente Journal, this paper analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted peoples’ social needs. The analysis is based on data from Kaiser Permanente’s 2020 National Social Health Survey, which incorporated questions about COVID19 shortly after the onset of the pandemic. Among the key findings: People who knew individuals with COVID-19 reported more social needs compared to those who did not know anyone with COVID-19. Lead author: Ammarah Mahmud, MPH.
Conference presentations
2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Assessing Patients’ Experiences and Preferences on Identified Social Needs and How to Receive Support from a Large, Integrated Healthcare Delivery System. Presented by Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, MPH, MA.
2023 American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions
The Contribution of Social-Needs Factors to Racial Differences in Type 2 Diabetes, Presented by Suma Vupputuri, PhD, MPH.
Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) Annual Meeting
2024
Changes in Health-related Social Risks, Needs, and Self-reported Health over Time: Results from the 2022 KP National Social Health Survey. Presented by Meagan Brown, PhD, MPH.
2023
Association of Social Risk Factors with Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospitalization Encounters Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented by: Morgan Clennin, PhD, MPH.
Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Total Health Care Cost in an Integrated Delivery Network. Presented by Robert Nocon, MHS, PhD.
Assessing Patients’ Experiences and Preferences on Identified Social Needs and How to Receive Support from a Large, Integrated Healthcare Delivery System. Presented by Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, MPH, MA.
2022
Results of the KP National Social Health Survey - Intersectional Analysis of Social Risk and Social Need. Presented by: Meagan Brown, PhD, MPH.
Modern Healthcare 2022 Social Determinants of Health Symposium
Survey Results: Social Health for Everyone. Closing keynote presented by Anand Shah, MD, MS, and Meagan Brown, PhD, MPH.
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National Social Health Surveys
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