42 Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index (MHSVI)
42.1 Organization
U.S Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health & Center for Disease Control and Prevention
42.3 Description
- An extension of the CDC SVI that combines the 15 social factors included in the original CDC SVI with additional factors known to be associated with COVID-19 outcomes
- Covers 6 themes: Socioeconomic Status, Household Composition and Disability, Minority Status and Language, Housing Type and Transportation, Health Care Infrastructure and Access, and Medical Vulnerability
- The MHSVI expands the SVI’s Minority Status and Language theme by including statistics for the five racial/ethnic minority groups currently defined by the 1997 OMB Directive 15 and the top five languages spoken by limited English proficient (LEP) populations at the county level
- Can be used to apply a health equity lens to research, strategic planning, program design, and evaluation related to response and recovery for COVID-19 and other public health emergencies
42.6 Collection Methodology
Details can be seen at https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/minority-health-svi/assets/downloads/MH%20SVI%20Overview_11.19.2021.pdf
42.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
https://onemap.cdc.gov/Portal/sharing/rest/content/items/b284e468b0994043b9d1eaf7756aa35b/data
42.12 Special Notes
- 0 (least vulnerable) to 1 (most vulnerable)
- Suggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index 2018. https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/minority-health-svi/. Accessed on [Insert date].