Sustainability Strategies for Multisector Community Partnerships Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Multisector community partnerships (MCPs) are a key element of the public health approach to addressing social determinants of health (SDOH). The Improving SDOH-Getting Further Faster (GFF) retrospective evaluation of MCP-driven SDOH interventions was designed to generate practice-based evidence that can help guide partnerships' efforts to improve chronic disease outcomes and advance health equity by addressing SDOH. This article shares Year 2 GFF findings related to sustainability strategies for partnerships focused on SDOH and their interventions. GFF partnerships' reported sustainability strategies, including establishing shared goals and increasing partners' capacity for SDOH work through training, align well with the rich coalition building evidence base. Findings also indicate some evolution of sustainability strategies, such as adopting team-based, decentralized leadership models to help guard against partner or staff turnover. Organizations looking to form, fund, or provide technical assistance to MCPs that address SDOH can use the practice-based insights shared in this research brief to plan ahead for sustainability.