Content from Kaiser Permanente: Addressing Social Needs as an Essential Component of Health Care

Safe, stable housing, access to nutritious food and social support are the foundations for health and well-being. Kaiser Permanente is making a bold move to transform health care beyond the focus of care delivered within a medical setting by building social health networks for members and communities to help meet people’s basic social needs. We’ll explore how Americans are locating necessary social services, perceptions of the impact of unmet social needs on health and how closing the gap can improve total health – mind, body, community.