The CFPC Best Advice Guide on the Social Determinants of Health (SDH), part of the Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) series, provides practical, hands-on advice for health professionals on how to improve their patients’ social determinants of health. It is divided into four main sections:

• A background on the social determinants of health
• The importance of these issues for patient and population health
• Commonly identified challenges to action
• Incorporation of the social determinants of health into your practice