CCRF member organizations engage in a range of pursuits to advance sexual and reproductive health care access, including advocacy, service delivery, and cutting-edge research. Check out Essential Access Health's trailblazing study that introduces the Local Social Inequity in Sexual and Reproductive Health (LSI-SRH) score to evaluate how social determinants of health affect the community-level risk for poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
We are proud to have co-authored a groundbreaking study with RTI International on equitable access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care that has the potential to drive real change to reduce health disparities and foster equity. The study, funded by the HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA), introduces a new risk score, the Local Social Inequity in Sexual and Reproductive Health (LSI-SRH) score, which looks at how social determinants of health like poverty and wealth inequality, food insecurity, housing, and healthcare access affect the community-level risk of poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The LSI-SRH score is a community-level measure where "community" is defined as the census tract. After analyzing social determinants across 72,999 communities (i.e., census tracts) in the 50 states and District of Columbia, the researchers found that the LSI-SRH score accounts for a substantial amount (81%) of inequitable differences in sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The LSI-SRH score can be used to: • target interventions • influence resource distribution • inform policy development Together, we're making strides towards reducing SRH inequities. #SRH #HealthEquity #PublicHealth Read the full study here: https://lnkd.in/eUTy436Z
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