Association of 2 Social Needs Interventions with Child Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

 

M.S. Pantell, D. Hessler,
H. Wing, et al.

JAMA Pediatrics

This study adds to the relatively sparse literature on the health care utilization impacts of social risk navigation, finding that navigation reduced 90-day (but not 12-month) pediatric hospitalization risk, and had no impact on ED use.

 

Social Needs Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes: Scoping Review and Evidence Map Update

 

N. Sathe, S. Kennedy, &
M. Viswanathan

PCORI

 

This report updates the summer 2021 systematic review that populates data in the PCORI Social Needs Interventions Evidence Map (a great tool that you should check out if you haven’t yet).

 

 

Social Risk Factors and Desire for Assistance Among Patients Receiving Subsidized Health Care Insurance in a US-Based Integrated Delivery System

 

L. Tuzzio, R.D. Wellman, E.H. De Marchis, et al.

Annals of Family Medicine

This study adds to the growing literature showing that patient interest in receiving social needs assistance from health care teams can be relatively low, and that it varies by patient race/ethnicity.

 

 

Of course, that wasn’t all that was published in the last month. Scroll to see other new medical and social service integration publications.

 

Awareness/Screening

Risk Factors for Veteran Food Insecurity: Findings from a National US Department of Veterans Affairs Food Insecurity Screener

A.J. Cohen, D.M. Dosa, J.L. Rudolph, C.W. Halladay, M. Heisler, & K.S. Thomas

Public Health Nutrition

 

Predicting Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid and Medicare Populations Using Machine Learning

J. Holcomb, L.C. Oliveira, L. Highfield, K.O. Hwang, L. Giancardo, & E.V. Bernstam

Scientific Reports

 

Health-Related Social Needs Among Older Adults Enrolled In Medicare Advantage

C.L. Long, S.M. Franklin, A.S. Hagan, et al.

Health Affairs

 

A Hospital-Based Program to Screen for and Address Health-Related Social Needs for Patients Admitted with COVID-19

S. Patel, C. Moriates, V. Valencia, et al.

Journal of General Internal Medicine

 

Content Analysis of Transportation Screening Questions in Social Risk Assessment Tools: Are We Capturing Transportation Insecurity?

N. Razon & L. Gottlieb

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

 

Referrals/Care Coordination

"More Than Just Giving Them a Piece of Paper": Interviews with Primary Care on Social Needs Referrals to Community-Based Organizations

L.B. Beidler, N. Razon, H. Lang, & T.K. Fraze

Journal of General Internal Medicine

 

Impact of COVID-19 on Social Prescribing Across an Integrated Care System: A Researcher in Residence Study

D. Westlake, J. Elston, A. Gude, F. Gradinger, K. Husk, & S. Asthana

Health & Social Care in the Community

 

Adapting an In-Clinic Resource Navigator Program to a Virtual Referral Model

K.J. Hansmann, J. Alberth, R. Freidel, & A. Jenness

Annals of Family Medicine

 

Improving Patient Well-Being in the United States Through Care Coordination Interventions Informed by Social Determinants of Health

C. Singer & C. Porta

Health & Social Care in the Community

 

Food Interventions

The Food Box Pilot

B. Engebretsen, A. Kane, & H. Laroche

Annals of Family Medicine

 

Connecting Group Care Patients to Mental Health and Food Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic

C. Wolcott, L. Wanger, & L. Penny

Annals of Family Medicine

 

Housing Interventions

Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainment of Housing First in a VA Permanent Supportive Housing Program.

E.H. Fletcher, S. Gabrielian, A.W.P. Flynn, et al.

Health Services Research

 

Medicaid Innovation

Promoting Child Health Equity Through Medicaid Innovation

A. Peltz, C.A. Wong, & A. Garg

Pediatric Annals

 

California Efforts to Address Behavioral Health and SDOH: A Look at Whole Person Care Pilots

M. Tong & E. Hinton

Kaiser Family Foundation

 

Policy Issues

Adjusting for Social Risk Factors in Pediatric Quality Measures: Adding to the Evidence Base

E.M. Bucholz, S.L. Toomey, C.E. McCulloch, & N. Bardach

Academic Pediatrics

 

Now is the Time for Measuring Social Drivers of Health in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program

D.I. Chang & R. Nuzum

Commonwealth Fund

 

Financing Approaches to Social Prescribing Programs in England and the United States

S. Sandhu, H. Alderwick, & L.M. Gottlieb

Milbank Quarterly

 

How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Data for Supplemental Benefits Decision-Making

L.S. Shields-Zeeman, E.A. Gadbois, M. Tong, J.F. Brazier, L.M. Gottlieb, & K.S. Thomas

American Journal of Managed Care

Upcoming Events

Webinars

 

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Facilitating the Integration of Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care Through Community Collaborations – April 25, 2022 | 9am PT / 12pm ET

 

Systems for Action: Effectiveness of Early Childhood Development Partnerships in Addressing Pediatric Health and Social Needs during COVID-19 Pandemic – April 27, 2022 | 9am PT/ 12pm ET

Meetings & Conferences

Pediatric Academic Societies: 2022 Meeting – April 21-25, 2022 | Denver, CO

AHA Community Health Improvement: Accelerating Health Equity Conference 2022 – May 10-12, 2022 | Cleveland, OH 

AcademyHealth: 2022 Annual Research Meeting – June 4-7, 2022 | Washington, DC

 

SIREN: 2022 National Research Meeting: Racial Health Equity in Social Care – September 15, September 27, & October 12, 2022 | virtual

Call for proposals is open until April 22, 2022 at 11:59pm PT.

The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs: Putting Care at the Center 2022 – September 21-23, 2022 | Sacramento, CA

 

The Root Cause Coalition: 7th Annual National Summit on the Social Determinants of Health – October 2-4, 2022 | Minneapolis, MN

 

American Public Health Association: APHA 2022 Annual Meeting & Expo – November 6-9, 2022 | Boston, MA

Call for abstracts is open until April 30, 2022.

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