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Implementing Social Determinants of Health

Improve Health Equity and Outcomes in Your Community

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are the broad range of non-medical factors that determine individual and population health. These factors encompass economic stability, education, income, language barriers, racial inequalities, and other discriminatory conditions that have a major influence on health outcomes and equal access to care, especially for the most vulnerable populations.

The innovative Certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) aims to improve health equity by equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need to address the complexities of systemic and political inequities. Using practical, relevant techniques in human-centered design, project and program development, and by building influence and trust, you can make an immediate and sustainable impact in your workplace and community.

Make a difference in your communities by using practical, relevant strategies in human-centered design, project, and program management, leveraging influence, and building trust.

Make a difference in your communities by using practical, relevant strategies in human-centered design, project, and program management, leveraging influence, and building trust.

Develop fluency in identifying, gathering, and applying relevant data, including evaluation of impact.

Develop fluency in identifying, gathering, and applying relevant data, including evaluation of impact.

Use ethical, productive, and innovative frameworks to develop and maintain SDOH projects and programs.

Use ethical, productive, and innovative frameworks to develop and maintain SDOH projects and programs.

Identify priority issues related to SDOH and begin to address these priorities in ethical and productive ways.

Identify priority issues related to SDOH and begin to address these priorities in ethical and productive ways.

Jamie Chang, PhD

Jamie Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University

The goal of this program is to examine how social determinants of health operate both in clinical and community settings. This program aims to help healthcare providers recognize the underlying architectures in our society that lead to future health outcomes and give them a way to think about how to bridge those social determinants of health with care.

Julie A. DeLoia, PhD

Julie A. DeLoia, PhD

Chief Academic Officer at OpusVi™

In this program, learners will not just learn about the theory of social determinants of health, but also gain knowledge and skills that are immediately transferable to implement change in the workplace and communities. Learners will also gain skills to overcome obstacles to implementing change and how to evaluate program success.

Thomas Brink

Thomas Brink

Retired President and CEO of Indiana University Health Workplace Health Services

Providing development and education helps mitigate the impact of the negative aspects often associated with social determinants. The end result is a person who has specific social determinants who also seeks and is encouraged to develop themselves as a formidable professional who can have a significant positive impact on themselves and their community.

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Program Outline

During this eight-week certificate program by the Silicon Valley Executive Center, you will experience the step-by-step development of an authentic and relevant plan for a project or program of your choice related to the SDOH. You will also explore how strategy, community engagement, and effective use of data influence the way healthcare organizations serve diverse populations while developing empathy and trust building skills.

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Faculty

Jamie Chang, PhD

Jamie Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University

Jamie Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University

Jamie Chang completed her PhD from U.C. San Francisco, along with post-doctoral research training in substance use treatment programs. Professor Chang’s research involves investigating the structural determinants that impact the health of unhoused people, focusing on the role of social policies (e.g. encampment sweeps) on unhoused people’s health outcomes. In addition to investigating ways to improve treatment for people who are unhoused, Professor Chang’s work has addressed the overdose experiences of people who inject drugs, ethical factors in methadone maintenance, substance use stigma, and racial disparities in substance use treatment.

Chan Thai, MPH, PhD

Chan Thai, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Communications at Santa Clara University

Chan Thai, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Communications at Santa Clara University

Chan Thai joined the Department of Communication at Santa Clara University in 2016. She teaches courses on communication and technology, health communication, and the strategic design of communication campaigns to promote behavior change. Her areas of research include measuring the effectiveness of media literacy interventions, designing and evaluating nutrition education interventions, cancer communication, and using national data sets to understand population level health behaviors.

Chad Key, DBA, MBA

Chad Key, DBA, MBA

Vice President, Acute Hospital Operations Officer at UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals, Central PA

Chad Key, DBA, MBA

Vice President, Acute Hospital Operations Officer at UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals, Central PA

Chad L. Key is a transformational/servant healthcare executive who influences organizational culture through outcomes. As Vice President of Operations at UPMC, a leading Pennsylvania Health System, he develops a pathway of excellence to execute the strategic direction and day-to-day management of clinical and hospital business operations routines. Chad commits to providing solutions that manage the complexities of cultural competence, social determinants, and executive leadership diversity. His efforts focus on improving access to care, creating an environment that is quality and safety-focused, developing process efficiencies, promoting workforce and leadership innovation, implementing evidence-based practice, achieving profitability and service-line growth, and providing assurance to integrate corporate enterprise strategies with local site level operating procedures.

Katherine Saxton, PhD

Katherine Saxton, PhD

Associate Professor, Biology & Public Health / Associate Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Santa Clara University

Katherine Saxton, PhD

Associate Professor, Biology & Public Health / Associate Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Santa Clara University

Katherine Saxton is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University, and her teaching and research span both Biology and Public Health. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology at UC Berkeley in 2010, and her MPH at UC Berkeley in 2006. Katherine's research combines social epidemiology and the biology of stress to explore the ways in which experiences during critical periods of development can shape health trajectories and interact with later exposures to shape health outcomes. Her research focuses on the ways in which social determinants of health affect our biology, including inflammatory and metabolic processes, the endocrine responses to stress, and gestational outcomes, all of which influence and predict a wide range of diseases. Katherine is interested in questions such as: Can environmental interventions reduce the harmful effects of early life adversity? How do prenatal and postnatal environments influence inflammatory and metabolic outcomes? She is particularly interested in the environmental and social circumstances which can produce vulnerability or resilience, as well as the biological mechanisms responsible for behavioral and health outcomes, in order to identify opportunities for intervention.

The Certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health will prepare you to identify and respond to challenges and opportunities in order to develop long-term models of value-driven accountable care within and across populations.

  • Unit 1: Addressing SDOH to Achieve Health Equity
  • Unit 2: Community Engagement to Advance your Strategy
  • Unit 3: Frameworks to Drive Engagement
  • Unit 4: Using SDOH Data and Insights to Inform Strategy
  • Unit 5: Using SDOH Data and Insights to Inform Program Logistics
  • Unit 6: Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
  • Unit 7: Operations and SDOH: Addressing Obstacles
  • Unit 8: Reform to Sustain and Scale Efforts

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

  • Develop an in-depth understanding of the connections between SDOH and health equity
  • Identify operational challenges in implementing and maintaining SDOH programs
  • Develop the ability to influence others, whether they be employees, coworkers, administrators, or policymakers
  • Gain confidence in undertaking a leadership role in SDOH in your organization and community
  • Develop, step-by-step, an effective project or program plan related to SDOH that is uniquely tailored to the needs of your organization and community

This certificate program is ideal for healthcare professionals in the leadership role and aspiring leaders with an interest in Social Determinants of Health or who are called upon to become more deeply informed of these issues.

Learners who will benefit most from our Certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health are:

  • Healthcare professionals in a leadership role and aspiring leaders who are looking to improve health equity in their community
  • Healthcare administrators and care providers with a strong interest in social determinants of health

What You Will Earn

  • A Certificate in Implementing Social Determinants of Health from Santa Clara University's Silicon Valley Executive Center
  • Digital badges
  • 16 CEUs/CMEs

About Santa Clara

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University blends high-tech innovation with a social consciousness grounded in the Jesuit educational tradition. Committed to leaving the world a better place, they pursue new technology, encourage creativity, engage with their communities, and share an entrepreneurial mindset to help shape the next generation of leaders and global thinkers.

The Silicon Valley Executive Center at Santa Clara University is more than just executive education. We develop ethical leaders who grapple with the complexities of the modern business environment to create better outcomes and a more just world. We will equip your team with the skills they need to drive business forward.

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In Best National Universities. (U.S. News & World Report, 2021)

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Of the first business schools in the U.S. to be accredited by the AACSB (Association for Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business)

Top 15%

Ranked among Top 15 Percent of Universities Nationwide. (The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, 2020)

#51

Ranked among the top-tier universities in the U.S. (Forbes, 2020)

Yes. This program is designed for all healthcare professionals, including healthcare leaders, administrators, care providers, and aspiring leaders who have a strong interest in social determinants of health and are looking to improve health equity in their community.

Yes, the SDOH project or program plan you work on will be of your choice.

There are no prerequisites for this program but we encourage you to inquire with us to ensure that the program will help you achieve your goals.

The program costs $2,995 USD. There will be no additional fees for this program.

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