SONNET is a national network of applied researchers who help design, evaluate, and implement effective social health interventions to improve member health across Kaiser Permanente. SONNET's work is made possible with funding from KP's National Office of Community Health.
Kaiser Permanente's 2022 National Social Health Survey is a follow up to our 2020 survey, in which we heard from a representative group more than 10,000 members nationwide about their social needs and desire for assistance from Kaiser Permanente. For the follow-up survey, we reached out to these same members to learn more about differences in social needs over time and across demographics and lines of business. We also conducted qualitative interviews with a small subset of members who completed both surveys.
We're excited to share final results in these 3 reports:
More than 6,300 Kaiser Permanente members nationwide responded to the 2022 National Social Health Survey. Key quantitative findings include:
Learn more in the final report on quantitative results.
We also conducted qualitative interviews with 48 members who completed both the 2020 and 2022 surveys. Key qualitative findings include:
Learn more in the final report on qualitative results.
We are grateful to the thousands of Kaiser Permanente members across all 8 regional markets who completed the 2022 survey — and to the dozens of members who shared more detailed perspectives with us in interviews. Thanks also to the many SONNET and Kaiser Permanente collaborators who contributed their time and expertise to collecting data and summarizing results.
The quantitative survey was led by SONNET Associate Director, Meagan Brown, PhD, MPH. The qualitative interviews were led by SONNET collaborators Clarissa Hsu, PhD; David Mosen, PhD, MPH; and Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, MPH.
This report summarizes findings on the link between 3 specific social risks — financial strain, food insecurity, and housing instability — and emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations among Kaiser Permanente members nationwide. Project lead: Morgan Clenin, PhD, MPH.
This SONNET project took a deep dive into data from KP's 2020 National Social Health Survey, finding that Black members had a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension compared to white members. Project leads: Jennifer Gander, PhD, and Suma Vupputuri, PhD, MPH.
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