Most of our list did not receive the September 2021 newsletter sent out last Thursday. Apologies if this a duplicate.
| |
|
September 2021 Newsletter
| |
As many of you know, aligned with the National Academy of Medicine’s 2019 report, SIREN is increasingly considering both patient- and community-directed social care roles for the health care sector. To support that shift, we’re excited to announce that we’re changing up our leadership structure. Many of you know Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD, who has been SIREN’s managing director since we launched. Caroline has impressive expertise in community health and will transition to being a SIREN co-director to strengthen our research portfolio on community-targeted activities. We also are welcoming Danielle Hessler Jones, PhD as a SIREN co-director. Danielle has been a long-time SIREN collaborator and was a former member of the SIREN Research Advisory Committee. Her complementary expertise in care delivery design and change management will help SIREN deepen our existing clinical research portfolio. As always, don’t hesitate to reach out to anyone our team with questions about our work.
We remain indebted to Nancy Adler, PhD, who was vital to establishing and strengthening the SIREN Network. Nancy will continue as a close advisor and ally as we move forward.
| |
SIREN Coffee & Science – New Episode and Call for Volunteers
We recently kicked off our newest cycle of biweekly conversations on ways health care organizations and providers can align with community priorities and advocate for improvements to the structural social conditions that impact population health and health equity. Our next live conversation is tomorrow, September 24th: “The Health Care Anchor Model” with Wylie Liu, MPH, MPA from UCSF and Darlene Hightower, JD from Rush University Medical Center. Click here to register for the series and receive the Zoom link to the live events. Feeling Zoomed out? Subscribe to our podcast feed (Spotify | Apple) to listen to streamlined recordings released about one week after each live event.
Call for Volunteer Discussants: We are seeking two Coffee & Science listeners/participants to serve as discussants for a Coffee & Science wrap-up event in early December. If you're a regular podcast listener or live event participant and have thoughts to share about the various topics we've covered, contact us at siren@ucsf.edu.
SIREN job opportunity
SIREN is hiring a short-term, part-time Project Policy Analyst! Review the job description and apply for this limited appointment here.
| |
September Research Round-Up
In this month’s Research Round-up, we’ve highlighted pieces our team found of particular interest. As always, all the articles in the round-up (and more!) can be found in the SIREN Evidence and Resource Library.
SIREN highlights Two new reviews of social risk interventions:
- New PCORI Scoping Review and Evidence Visualization
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has released a visualization of a new scoping review of social needs interventions literature. The visualization allows readers to explore various characteristics of the 139 studies they identified (through March 2021). See the evidence visualization and accompanying report.
- New USPSTF Evidence Review and Assessment of Existing Recommendations
A USPSTF-commissioned review of social interventions research summarizes key characteristics of 106 studies identified that addressed at least 1 of 7 social risks (through May 2021). This accompanies an article identifying how social risks are included in existing USPSTF recommendations:
Awareness/Social Risk Screening
Food Insecurity Among Health Care Workers in the US
M. Srinivasan, X. Cen, B. Farrar, J.A. Pooler, & T. Fish | Health Affairs
SIREN Team Note: This article is noteworthy for turning the spotlight inwards to examine food insecurity among health care workers.
Assistance
| |
Funding Opportunity
Evidence for Action releases new call for proposal to advance racial equity
Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently released a new call for proposals (CFP). Through their Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity CFP they are seeking to fund research that evaluates policies, programs, and practices that can contribute to improving health, well-being, and equity outcomes, as well as research that can inform action to dismantle or remedy unjust systems and practices. Learn more here.
| |
|
|
|
|
