1083-P: Diabetes and Social Determinants of Health: A Web-Based Interactive Module

Abstract

Social determinants of health (SDoH), the conditions in which we live, learn, work, and play, have a profound impact on health and lead to health disparities in our communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created an interactive SDoH module within the US Diabetes Surveillance System to explore these disparities in the context of diabetes burden and risk factors (Figure). The module was launched with the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), which was created to identify communities needing support during hazardous events. The index is composed of Census Bureau data on 15 variables, grouped into 4 themes: socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing and transportation. Percentile ranks are used to score areas from 0-1 on social vulnerability with 1 being the most vulnerable. SVI is available at the national level to compare counties across states and at the state level to compare counties within a state. In addition to SVI, CDC will scale this module to include other SDoH such as food insecurity, community walkability, and crime. Local, state, and federal public health practitioners may find this application useful for identifying disparities in SDoH and chronic disease and designing targeted interventions to reduce these disparities in the communities of greatest need. Disclosure S. R. Benoit: None. D. C. Shelton: None. Y. Wang: None. K. Batchu: None. K. M. Bullard: None. P. Cho: None. I. A. Hora: None. D. King: None. J. W. Reynolds: None. H. Xie: None. Y. Zhang: None. M. Aboneaaj: None.