SIREN National Research Meeting
On Sept. 15th, SIREN kicked off our 2022 National Research Meeting: Racial Health Equity in Social Care with a visionary discussion between Rhea Boyd, Osagie Obasogie, and Darion Wallace on what social care can learn from abolition work in other sectors, followed by two hours of concurrent sessions on equity-focused research and practice in social care. While the meeting is currently sold out, we are in the process of trying to secure additional seats. When they become available we will let everyone know.

Journal Articles 

Awareness/Screening 

Performance of 2 Single-Item Screening Questions to Identify Future Homelessness Among Emergency Department Patients 
Byrne T, Hoang M, Montgomery AE, et al. 
JAMA Network Open 

Food Insecurity Screening in a Pediatric Clinic: Findings on Documentation and Multidimensional Care Needs 
Fort V, Weintraub MR, Conell C, Dandekar A, Hayes E 
Permanente Journal 

Physician Awareness of Social Determinants of Health Documentation Capability in the Electronic Health Record
Iott BE, Pantell MS, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM 
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 

Feed1st, No Questions Asked: How a Hospital-Based Food Pantry Program Grew Its Impact During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
Frazier CR, Pinkerton EA, Grana M, et al. 
American Journal of Public Health  

Mobile Social Screening and Referral Intervention in a Pediatric Emergency Department 
Kanak MM, Fleegler EW, Chang L, et al.
Academic Pediatrics 

High Touch, High Trust: Using Community Health Advocates and Lawyers to Address ED High Utilizers
Shankar KN, Dugas JN, Flacks J, et al. 
American Journal of Emergency Medicine 

Lessons on Increasing Racial and Health Equity From Accountable Health Communities Wilson BG, Jones E
Journal for Healthcare Quality 

Crossing the Digital Divide: A Veteran Affairs Program to Distribute Video-Enabled Devices to Patients in a Supportive Housing Program 
Wray CM, Van Campen J, Hu J, Slightam C, Heyworth L, Zulman DM 
JAMIA Open 

Testing the Feasibility and Dietary Impact of a "Produce Prescription" Program for Adults with Undermanaged Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity in Australia 
Wu JH, Trieu K, Coyle D, et al. 
Journal of Nutrition 
(See accompanying editorial here.) 

Adjusting Clinical Care 

Effects of Real-time Prescription Benefit Recommendations on Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Desai SM, Chen AZ, Wang J, et al.
JAMA Internal Medicine 

Risk Adjustment 

Social Risk Adjustment In The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A Systematic Review And Implications For Policy 
Rogstad TL, Gupta S, Connolly J, Shrank WH, Roberts ET 
Health Affairs 

Reports & Issue Briefs 

Measuring Health Confidence to Assess the Impact of Social Health Interventions in Health Care: Lessons from Primary Care Teams
Saada A, Francis D
Health Leads 

Commentaries & Blogs 

Optimizing Investment in Housing as a Social Determinant of Health
Butler SM 
JAMA Health Forum 

Housing Instability and Homelessness-An Undertreated Pediatric Chronic Condition 
Gabbay JM, Stewart AM, Wu AC 
JAMA Pediatrics 

Medicare’s Current Strategy for Health-Related Social Needs is Necessary but Not Sufficient 
Landauer R, McCrady E, Garfield K 
Health Affairs Forefront

Two Years After a Disappointing RCT in Camden: Reassessing Value and Building Ecosystems of Care 
Noonan K 
Health Affairs Forefront 

Social Risk Screening and Interventions in Healthcare Settings: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Research 
Palakshappa D, Brown CL, Skelton JA, Goodpasture M, Albertini LW, Montez K 
Academic Pediatrics 

Building Black Wealth - The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap 
South E, Venkataramani A, Dalembert G
New England Journal of Medicine 

The NIH has released a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to encourage research on the efficacy of interventions that address nutrition security and the mechanisms of food insecurity on a variety of health outcomes. The NOSI applies to a variety of funding mechanisms and is available between October 5, 2022 and November 29, 2024. 

Systems for Action, a RWJF research program, is seeking studies that examine how to help medical, social, and public health systems collaborate to address structural barriers to health and health equity, including racism and the social conditions that impact health. Two award levels are available ($100,000 and $500,000). Applications are due October 5, 2022. 

The NIH Common Fund is soliciting applications from community organizations in support of the goals of the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program’s Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative. The new research opportunity will support the development, implementation, assessment, and dissemination of community-led, health equity structural interventions, co-created in partnership with research organizations, that intervene upon structural factors that produce and perpetuate health disparities. Letter of intent due by November 18, 2022, 11:59 PM ET. For more details, read the full Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) here.  

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