University of California, San Francisco
BACKGROUND: Medically underserved or low socioeconomic status (SES) patients face significant vulnerability and a high risk of adverse events following hospital discharge.
Evidence Library
This Evidence Library contains research articles, issue briefs, reports, and commentaries that either focus on or are relevant to evaluating health care-based interventions that address patients’ social and economic needs. We prioritize for inclusion resources that carefully describe and evaluate the social needs components of these interventions, and to a lesser extent those where the social components are mentioned but are not the primary focus of the work. The library currently includes only papers published since the year 2000. If you are aware of a resource you think should be added to our Evidence Library, please let us know.
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Self-identified social determinants of health during transitions of care in the medically underserved: A narrative review
A. Virapongse, G.J. Misky
J Gen Intern Med.
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2018
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ReviewThe importance of governmental and nongovernmental investments in public health and social services for improving community health outcomes
J.M McCullough, S.R. Singh, J.P. Leider
J Public Health Manag
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether health outcomes are influenced by both governmental social services spending and hospital provision of community health services.
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2018
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ObservationalAdoption of social determinants of health EHR tools by community health centers
R. Gold, A. Bunce, S. Cowburn, K. Dambrun, M. Dearing, M. Middendorf, N. Mossman, C. Hollombe, P. Mahr, G. Melgar, J. Davis, L. Gottlieb, E. Cottrell
Ann Fam Med
PURPOSE: This pilot study assessed the feasibility of implementing electronic health record (EHR) tools for collecting, reviewing, and acting on patient-reported social determinants of health (SDH) data in community health centers (CHCs). We believe it is the first such US study.
Publication Year:
2018
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Observational, QualitativeEmployment interventions in health settings: A systematic review and synthesis
A.D. Pinto, N. Hassen, A. Craig-Neil
Ann Fam Med
PURPOSE: Employment is a key social determinant of health. People who are unemployed typically have worse health than those employed. Illness and disability can result in unemployment and be a barrier to regaining employment.
Publication Year:
2018
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ReviewUses and misuses of patient- and neighborhood-level social determinants of health data
L.M. Gottlieb, D.E. Francis, A.F. Beck
Perm J
Health care leaders in the US are actively exploring strategies to identify and address patients’ social and economic hardships as part of high-quality clinical care.
Publication Year:
2018
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Case StudyUsing the law to inform empowered patient care: The story of the evolving medical-legal partnership at People's Community Clinic with Texas Legal Services Center
K. Marple
National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
The same year that People’s Community Clinic in Austin became a Federally Qualified Health Center in 2012, it began offering on-site legal services to its patients.
Publication Year:
2018
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Case StudyThe effects of five social determinants on the health of children with chronic diseases in British Columbia
M. Seear, S. Amed, J. Dionne, C. Yang, K. Tourigny, A. Alanna De Mello, Z. Hamilton, B. Garcia Espinosa
Pediatrics & Child Health
Background:Prior to introducing social needs screening into our subspecialty clinics, we first wanted to understand the health effects of the major social challenges facing children with chronic diseases in British Columbia.Methods: Using a strict prospective methodology, avoiding use of health...
Publication Year:
2018
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ObservationalImplementation of routine electronic health record-based child abuse screening in general emergency departments
J. Rumball-Smith, J. Fromkin, B. Rsosenthal, D. Shane, J. Skrbin, T. Bimber, R.P. Berger
Child Abuse Negl
BACKGROUND: Routine childabuse screening is an approach to early identification of abuse. Previous studies evaluated paper-based screens; the widespread use of electronic health records suggests that screening is more likely to succeed if integrated into the electronic record.
Publication Year:
2018
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ObservationalScreening pediatric patients for food insecurity: A retrospective cross-sectional study of comorbidities and demographic characteristics
R. Rongstad, M. Neuman, P. Pillai, J. Birstler, L. Hanrahan
WMJ
BACKGROUND: Food insecurity is a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate and nutritional food that is associated with diabetes, obesity, anxiety, depression, and behavioral disorders.
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2018
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ObservationalPolicy leadership for health care transformation
Nemours Children’s Health System, Public Health Institute
Moving Healthcare Upstream
Policy Leadership for Health Care Transformation was a year-long project of MHCU and the Public Health Institute, who collaborated throughout 2017 to identify specific institutional policies and civic engagement strategies that can be used by hospitals and health systems to codify, sustain, and...
Publication Year:
2018
