Join us for SIREN’s next Methods Conversation on natural experiments!
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, SIREN launched a series of Methods Conversations earlier this year for social care researchers. Each webinar focuses on a methods topic we are eager to learn more about. Intrigued? Come join us! 

Our second session in this series will occur on September 12, 11am-12pm PT/ 2-3pm ET and will focus on natural experiments. Miguel Marino and Jorge Kaufmann from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) will join us to share considerations in the use of different quantitative approaches to evaluate natural social care experiments.

SIREN Engagement Grant applications due in less than 2 weeks!

Applications for SIREN's Engagement Grants, small two-year grants focused on supporting partnerships between social care researchers and lived experience experts, are due on July 31st. For more information, see the Request for Applications and the informational webinar held on June 6th. 

Did you miss our June 22 webinar on phone-based social needs screening?

Check out the recording and slides from our most recent Research and Dissemination Webinar on June 22, 2022, Assessing and Improving Patients’ Experiences During Phone-Based Social Needs Screening & Referral Interventions.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) intends to release a PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) on September 6, 2023, which seeks to fund applications for high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects based on Twelve Topic Themes. More detailed information can be found here. 

Webinars

Systems for Action: Changes in Capacity to Absorb Clinical-to-Community Referrals during the COVID-19 Pandemic – August 23, 2023 | 9am PT/ 12pm  ET

National Health Care for the Homeless Council: Dissecting the Street Medicine Landscape Analysis with Street Medicine Leaders – August 31, 2023 | 10am PT/ 1pm ET

Meetings & Conferences

North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Meeting – October 30-November 3, 2023| San Francisco, CA

The Root Cause Coalition 8th Annual National Summit – December 3-5, 2023 | Kansas City, MO

Systems for Action: Research to Understand Systems of Housing (RUSH): Feasibility & Acceptability of Aligning Systems for Fathers – Originally broadcast May 31, 2023 

Systems for Action: Systems Alignment to Optimize Health Services for Youth Experiencing Homelessness – Originally broadcast June 7, 2023

National Center for Medical-Legal Partnerships: Health Center MLP Environmental Scan: Findings and Examples from the Field – Originally broadcast June 7, 2023

Systems for Action: Can California's Medicaid Waiver for Whole-Person Care Achieve Systems Integration? Identifying Key Facilitators of Cross-Sectoral Coordination for Complex Needs Individuals – Originally broadcast June 21, 2023

National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine: Examining The History, Consequences, and Effects of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms on Health Equity: A Workshop – Originally broadcast July 6, 2023  

Below are most of the articles published since the last newsletter. For a full list, see the SIREN Evidence and Resource Library.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Awareness - Identifying Social Risks

The Impact of Screening for Social Risks on OBGYN Patients and Providers: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence and Key Gaps Stanhope KK, Goebel A, Simmonds M, et al. | Journal of the National Medical Association

Adaptation of Screening Tools for Social Determinants of Health in Pregnancy: A Pilot Project Harriett LE,  Eary RL,  Prickett SA, et al. | Maternal and Child Health Journal

Social Determinants of Perinatal Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Endres K,  Haigler K,  Sbrilli M,  Jasani S,  Laurent H | General Hospital Psychiatry 

Social Determinants of Health and US Cancer Screening Interventions: A Systematic Review Korn AR, Walsh-Bailey C, Correa-Mendez M, et al. | CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians

“It's A Lot of Things”: Household Material Hardship Among Black and Hispanic Parents of Children with Cancer Valenzuela A, Hawkins A, Revette A, et al. | Pediatric Blood and Cancer 

National Patterns in the Use of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, Tenth Revision Z codes in Ambulatory Surgery From 2016 to 2019 Das RK, Galdyn IA, Perdikis G, Drolet BC, Terhune KP | American Journal of Surgery

Removing the Roadblocks to Promoting Health Equity: Finding the Social Determinants of Health Addressed in Standardized Nursing Classifications Wagner CM,  Jensen GA,  Lopes CT,  McMullan Moreno EA,  Deboer E,  Dunn Lopez K | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 

Burden of Health-Related Social Needs Among Dual- And Non-Dual-Eligible Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Peikes DN, Swankoski KE, Rastegar JS, Franklin SM, Pavliv DJ | Health Affairs

Assistance Interventions

A Systematic Review of Electronic Community Resource Referral Systems Drewry MB, Yanguela J, Khanna A, et al. | American Journal of Preventive Medicine

The Use of Telemedicine for Screening and Addressing Social Needs in a Primary Care Pediatric Population in Brooklyn, New York Lax Y, Keller K, Silver M, Safadi BM, Hwang EK, Avner JR  | Journal of Community Health 

Engaging Medical, Nursing, and Social Work Students in a Team-Based Response to Social Needs Munyikwa M, Bonilla A, Lowenstein D, et al | New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst

Nurse-Led Approaches to Address Social Determinants of Health and Advance Health Equity: A New Framework and its Implications Guilamo-Ramos V, Johnson C, Thimm-Kaiser M, Benzekri A | Nursing Outlook

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Practice Lutz MR, Garg A, Solomon BS | Pediatric Clinics of North America
(This article is part of a special issue on pediatric health equity. See the rest of the articles at the end of the Research Round-up.)

Assessment of Adoption and Early Implementation Barriers and Facilitators of the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) Model Palinkas LA, Belanger R, Newton S, Saldana L, Landsverk J, Dubowitz H | Academic Pediatrics

Pilot Evaluation of the Family Bridge Program, a Communication- and Culture-Focused Inpatient Patient Navigation Program Casey Lion K, Arthur KC, García MF, et al. | Academic Pediatrics

Food Insecurity and Diabetes: Overview of Intersections and Potential Dual Solutions Levi R, Bleich SN, Seligman HK  | Diabetes Care

Health and Economic Impacts of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs for Diabetes in the United States: A Microsimulation Study Wang L, Lauren BN, Hager K, et al. | Journal of the American Heart Association

Insights Into Patients' Perceptions of Health-Related Social Needs and the Role of the Adult Primary Care Clinic Meltzer KK, Rhodes CM, Morgan AU, Lautenbach GL, Shea JA, Balasta MA | Joural of Primary Care & Community Health

Implementation of Social Prescribing: Lessons Learnt from Contextualising an Intervention in a Community Hospital in Singapore Lee KH, Low LL, Lu SY, Lee CE | Lancet Regional Health West Pacific

Exploring Acceptability of Employment Interventions to Support People Living With Cancer: Qualitative Study of Cancer Survivors, Health Care Providers, and Employers Forcino RC, Rotenberg S, Morrissette KJ, et al. | JMIR Formative Research 

Reports & Policy Briefs

Partnerships with Community-based Organizations: Opportunities for Health Plans to Create Value Camden Coalition

What Else We're Reading

Eliminating Racism In Health Care Before And After The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Wiley L, Yearby R, Mohapatra S. | Health Affairs

Special Issue: Achieving Child Health Equity
Pediatric Clinics of North America
This special issue includes a number of articles on health equity for children: