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An Environmental Scan of Recent Initiatives Incorporating Social Determinants in Public Health

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national-academy-of-medicine-cdcAn increasing number of initiatives have been launched with a goal of inspiring multisector approaches to improving community health. Public health agencies at local, state, and federal levels, in partnership with other government leadership, can play a vital role in leading across silos and bringing the various sectors together. The broad, community efforts for public health exemplified by the initiatives described in this article serve as strong models of collective action to improve the conditions in which all people can be healthy.