SDOH in Action marketing strategy creates a trust in the community.  Participating in community action groups, collaborative, or workgroups is a great way to market your product.  It enhances the workgroup to have an subject matter expert in the group.  It provides community context and capacity, hence community trust.  Below are a select SDOH in Action examples.

Laundry Love of Taylor (LLT) is local chapter the national Laundry Love organization.  LLT is specifically dedicated to the residents of Taylor, Texas.  This nonprofit organization offers no-cost laundry services to at Skyline Laundry twice a month.  Clean laundry for all is a basic need on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.   Clean laundry provides self-esteem and confidence with mental health is an all-time high.  Taylor is a health equity zone deemed by the Williamson County Health District.  Many residents experience barriers to social determinants of health.  Providing clean laundry is important cost that goes a long way to prevent homelessness, mental distress, and accessing healthcare.

The Disability Mentoring Day Austin (DMD Austin) is a grass-roots coalition between public, private, and state entities coming together to promote Employment First and Competitive Employment opportunities for people of all abilities.  DMD Austin promotes two events per year; Disability Mentoring Day in October and an All-Abilities Job Fair in the Spring.  As you can see, I've brought state, public, and private entities to create the collaborative.  Partnering with government entities is greatly desired for RFP opportunities and to be a trusted community partner.

"Suicide Prevention in Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults in Primary Care in Texas is shifting where we intervene on suicide in LGBTQ+ young adults." As part of the Engagement Team, we guide a multitude of researchers from The University of Texas System's medical and population health schools and The University of Kentucky.  Funded by PCORI, the research team sets to figure out how provide primary care to the LGBTQ youth (ages 15-24) population with a person centered care approach.  It is the only of its kind of research in the nation.