Upcoming SIREN Webinar: Where should healthcare invest in food security interventions? Lessons from recent research

Evidence is mounting about the impacts of interventions such as medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions on diet-related health conditions, fueling interest in these interventions among healthcare organizations and payers. Join us for a webinar on June 5th at 9am PT/12pm ET to hear experts discuss the latest research in this area. Panelists will include researchers Drs. Kurt Hager, Hilary Seligman, and Ariana Thompson-Lastad in a discussion moderated by Dr. Monica Soni, Chief Medical Officer of Covered California.     

2024 Conley Ethics Essay Contest
Each spring, the AMA Journal of Ethics holds an ethics essay contest open to medical students, residents, fellows, and early career physicians. This year’s contest focuses on social risk screening and documentation. Best essay authors receive a prize of up to $5,000. Please visit the contest webpage for more information about the contest and how to enter.

AIM-AHEAD Federated Network

This RFA calls for site participation in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) federated research programs. The research team from each site is expected to (i) assemble EHR data locally from their institution to be used for AIM-AHEAD research projects; (ii) provide informatics expertise to participate in EHR data harmonization across sites; and (iii) facilitate the analysis of EHR data using AI/ML algorithms developed by the AIM-AHEAD researchers. Click here for more information.

Webinars

SIREN Webinar: Where Should Healthcare Invest In Food Security Interventions? Lessons From Recent Research – June 5, 2024  | 9am PT/12pm ET

National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership: Pride Month 2024 Workshop: Create a New Tool to Promote LGBTQIA+ Health Access and Equity – May 28, 2024  | 11am PT/2pm ET

Manatt Health: New Federal Rules on Medicaid Access and Managed Care Webinar Series – June 4, 2024 | 10am PT/1pm ET

Systems for Action: Can California's CalAIM Medicaid Transformation Initiative Achieve Systems Integration? Identifying Key Facilitators of Cross-Sectoral Coordination for Individuals with Complex Needs or at High Risk – June 12, 2024  | 9am PT/12pm ET |  featuring SIREN co-director Caroline Fichtenberg

Systems for Action: An Aligned Delivery and Financing Model to Address Food Insecurity and Social Needs of Low-Income Pregnant Women – July 24, 2024  | 9am PT/12pm ET

Meetings & Conferences

CIE San Diego: 8th Annual CIE Summit – June 24-26, 2024 | San Diego, CA | Registration open

AcademyHealth: 2024 Annual Research Meeting – June 29-July 2, 2024 | Baltimore, MD

The Root Cause Coalition’s 9th Annual National Summit on Social Drivers of Health – October 6-8, 2024 | Baltimore, MD

Camden Coalition Putting Care at the Center 2024 – October 16-18, 2024 | Pittsburgh, PA

NAPCRG Annual Meeting – November 20-24, 2024 | Quebec, Canada

Systems for Action: FAAITH (Faith-leaders Allied and Aligned to Institute Trust in the Home) and HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) for Equitable Systems –  Originally broadcast April 24, 2024

National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership: Medical-Legal Partnership in Action Webinar Series (Part 6): Advancing Health Equity for Patients Impacted by the Criminal Justice System – Originally broadcast April 30, 2024

Systems for Action: Special Webinar | Engaging Communities in Setting Priorities for Health: Disseminating a Successful Method – Originally broadcast May 1, 2024

SIREN: Consumer perspectives on the Camden Coalition care management RCT study findings – Originally broadcast May 9, 2024

Systems for Action: Tribal Care Coordination Dashboard Project: Coeur Adolescent Support Team (CAST) Referrals – Originally broadcast May 8, 2024

Below is a list of recently published research related to integrating social and medical care (and in some cases we have provided summaries of the results). See more articles like these in the searchable SIREN Evidence Library. As always, if you are aware of resources you think should be added to the Evidence Library, please send them our way!

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Awareness

Screening Tools to Address Social Determinants of Health in the United States: A Systematic Review Neshan M, Padmanaban V, Tsilimigras DI, Obeng-Gyasi S, Fareed N, Pawlik TM | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

A Family-Centered Approach to Social Needs Awareness in the Pediatric Emergency Department Assaf RR, Padlipsky PS, Young KDA | PEC Innovation

Unpacking Patient Perspectives on Social Needs Screening: A Mixed Methods Study in Western Colorado Primary Care Practices  Broaddus-Shea ET, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Holliman BD, Connelly L, Huebschmann AG, Nederveld A | Patient Education and Counseling

Incorporating Social Determinants of Health into Patient Care Workflows Within a Health System Specialty Pharmacy Han J, Tilkens M, Marciniak MW, Rhodes LA | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Screening for Social Determinants of Health Among Populations at Risk for MASLD: a Scoping Review Kim RG, Ballantyne A, Conroy MB, Price JC, Inadomi JM | Frontiers in Public Health

Evaluating Screening to Assess Endorsement of Food Insecurity in the Inpatient Setting Tepe KA, Auger KA, Rodas Marquez S, Atarama D, Sauers-Ford HS | Hospital Pediatrics

Understanding Social Needs Screening and Demographic Data Collection in Primary Care Practices Serving Maryland Medicare Patients Starling CM, Smith M, Kazi S, et al. | BMC Health Services Research

Assistance

Food interventions

Local Food System Approaches to Address Food and Nutrition Security among Low-Income Populations: A Systematic Review Garrity K, Krzyzanowski Guerra K, Hart H, et al. | Advances in Nutrition

Improving Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes Through FreshRx: A Food-Is-Medicine Intervention Ferris D, Roll S, Huang J, et al. | American Journal of Health Promotion

A Dynamic, Multilevel Process Evaluation of a Produce Prescription Program at a Federally Qualified Health Center: 2017-2021 Description, Implementation, and Infrastructure Ylitalo KR, Cox W, Janda-Thomte KM, Walter K, Gill J, Hess B | Translational Behavioral Medicine

Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Primary Care: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Barriers and Facilitators Jordanova KE, Suresh A, Canavan CR, et al. | BMC Primary Care

"We don't separate out these things. Everything is related": Partnerships with Indigenous Communities to Design, Implement, and Evaluate Multilevel Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities Rink E, Stotz SA, Johnson-Jennings M, et al. | Prevention Science

Other social interventions

Effect of a Legal Clinic Program Within an Urban Primary Health Care Center on Social Determinants of Health: A Program Evaluation Agarwal G, Pirrie M, Edwards D, et al. | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Toward Identification and Intervention to Address Financial Toxicity and Unmet Health-Related Social Needs Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Cancer and Their Caregivers: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Beauchemin MP, Solomon S, Michaels CL, et al. | Cancer Medicine

Advancing Social Care Integration in Health Systems with Community Health Workers: An Implementation Evaluation Based in Bronx, New York Fiori KP, Levano S, Haughton J, et al. | BMC Primary Care

Using Quality Improvement to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs in Perinatal Care Lee King P, Surenian A, Odom RM, et al. | Seminars in Perinatology

Identifying and Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Improve Patient-Centered Care Kalsi N, Gordon D, Geske J | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Integrating Social Needs Screening and Resource Referral into Standard Ambulatory Oncology Care: A Quality Improvement Project Wethington SL, Rositch AF, Yu R, et al. | JCO Oncology Practice

Commentaries & Blogs

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — Focusing on Health Care Equity Fernandez A, Chin M | New England Journal of Medicine

Addressing Social Needs in Oncology Care: Another Research-To-Practice Gap Haines E, Shelton RC, Foley K, et al. | JNCI Cancer Spectrum

Produce Prescriptions Sound Good, but Data to Support Them Are Lacking-That Could Soon Change McKenna M | JAMA

Underestimated Challenges for Social Care Initiatives — Regulatory Compliance Sandhu S, Landauer R, Katz M, Gottlieb LM | New England Journal of Medicine