April 2023 Research Round-Up

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

Social Risk Screening and Response Equity: Assessment by Race, Ethnicity, and Language in Community Health Centers Torres CI, Gold R, Kaufmann J, et al. | American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Health-Related Social Needs: Which Patients Respond to Screening and Who Receives Resources? Bharmal N, Rennick A, Shideler A, et al | Journal of General Internal Medicine

Prevalence and Determinants of Unmet Social Needs Among Rural and Urban Veterans Gurewich D, Shoushtari SI, Ostrow R, et al. | Journal of Health Care for the Poor Underserved

Sustaining and Scaling a Clinic-Based Approach to Address Health-Related Social Needs Arbour M, Fico P, Floyd B, et al. | Frontiers in Health Services

Predicting Social Determinants of Health in Patient Navigation: Case Study Iacobelli F, Yang A, Tom L, et al. | JMIR Formative Research

Food Insecurity is Under-Reported in Surveys that Ask About the Past Year Livings MS, de Bruin WB, Wilson JP, et al. | American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Food Insecurity Screening in Primary Care: Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Encounter Modality Nguyen CJ, Gold R, Mohammed A, et al. | American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Perceived Appropriateness of Assessing for Health-related Socioeconomic Risks Among Adult Patients with Cancer Vu M, Boyd K, De Marchis EH, et al. | Cancer Research Communications

Effectiveness of Screening for Household Gun Ownership in an Urban Primary Care Clinic Winterer CM, Cowden JD, Williams K, et al. | Clinical Pediatrics

Assistance

The Social Determinants of Health and Their Impact on Dermatologic Health, Part 2: Taking Action to Address the Social Determinants of Health Chang AY, Bowers S | Dermatologic Clinics

Delivering Food Resources and Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) to Adults with Food Insecurity and Hypertension: A Pilot Study Rivera RL, Adams M, Dawkins E, et al. | Nutrients

How Food Support Improves Mental Health Among People Living With HIV: A Qualitative Study Chayama KL, Hufstedler EL, Whittle HJ, et al. | PLoS One

Healthcare System Action on Employment as a Social Determinant of Health in People Living with HIV: A Qualitative Study Craig-Neil A, Ho J, Perri M, et al. | PLoS One

Medical-Legal Partnership Effects on Mental Health, Health Care Use, and Quality of Life in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial Liaw W, Northrup TF, Stotts AL, et al. | Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Healthcare Utilization Among Children Receiving Permanent Supportive Housing Bohnhoff JC, Xue L, Hollander MAG | Pediatrics

Promoting Housing-Based Asset Building Programs in Healthcare Thomas HD, Sandel MT, Lentell A, et al. | Pediatrics

Adjustment

Patient-Reported Social Risks and Clinician Decision Making: Results of a Clinician Survey in Primary Care Community Health Centers Bunce A, Donovan J, Hoopes M, Gottlieb LM, Krancari M, Gold R | Annals of Family Medicine

Adjustment for Social Risk Factors in a Measure of Clinician Quality Assessing Acute Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions Lipska KJ, Altaf FK, Barthel AG, et al. | JAMA Health Forum

Reports & Policy Briefs

Incorporating Community-Based Organizations in Medicaid Efforts to Address Health-Related Social Needs: Key State Considerations Crumley D, Houston R, Bank A | Center for Health Care Strategies

Measuring and Addressing Nutrition Security to Achieve Health and Health Equity Mozaffarian D | Health Affairs

Adopting a Community Resource and Referral Platform: Considerations for Texas Medicaid Stakeholders Sim S, Smithey A, Spencer A, Crumley D. | Center for Health Care Strategies

Commentaries & Blogs

How Trusted Local Entry Points Are Key to Improving Community Health Butler SM | JAMA Health Forum

Incorporating Social Determinants of Health: Progress Towards VBC 2.0 Goldberg ZN, Harness ED, Shah YB, Li CJ, Nash DB | Population Health Management

A Call for Consistent Screening and Measurement of Adolescent Food Insecurity Harper K, Seligman H | JAMA Pediatrics

Integrating Patient Voices into the Extraction of Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes: Ethical Considerations and Recommendations Hartzler AL, Xie SJ, Wedgeworth P, et al. | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Accounting for Social Risks in Medicare and Medicaid Payments Phillips RL, Ostrovsky A, Gilfillan R, Price D, Bazemore AW. | Health Affairs Forefront

Creating Healing-Centered Health Systems by Reimagining Social Needs Screening and Supports Ragavan MI, Garg A, Raphael JL | JAMA Pediatrics

Awareness, Adjustment, Assistance, Alignment, and Advocacy: Operationalizing Social Determinants of Health Topics in Undergraduate Medical Education Curricula Sandhu S, Solomon L, Gottlieb LM | Academic Medicine

What Else We’re Reading

Health Equity and the Impact of Racism on Adolescent Health Coyne-Beasley T, Hill SV, Miller E, Svetaz MV | Pediatrics

An Updated Measure of Poverty: (Re)Drawing the Line National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Impact of Guaranteed Income on Health, Finances, and Agency: Findings from the Stockton Randomized Controlled Trial West S, Castro A | Journal of Urban Health

Integrating Patient Voices into the Extraction of Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes: Ethical Considerations and Recommendations Hartzler AL, Xie SJ, Wedgeworth P, et al. | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association