In our Research Round-Up we share multiple SIREN-relevant articles published since our last newsletter. For a full list, see the SIREN Evidence and Resource Library. As always, if you are aware of resources that you think should be added to the library, please send them our way.
Below are three studies published this month that we found particularly interesting.
Health Care Outcomes of Homelessness Prevention Programs in Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability Nelson RE, Chapman AB, Montgomery AE, et al. | JAMA Health Forum
Over 220,000 veterans enrolled in Supportive Services for Veteran Families had significantly lower inpatient costs and mortality rates compared with those not enrolled.
Improving Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Support Across a Pediatric Health Care System Laroia R, Minor W, Carr A, et al. | Pediatrics
This study describes the implementation supports and quality improvement process that led Atrium Health in North Carolina to increase its social risk screening and assistance rate from 12% to 92% over the course of 3 years.
Feasibility of an Indigenous Food Is Medicine Program for Patients with Heart Failure in Rural Navajo Nation: The MUTTON-HF Nonrandomized Clinical Trial Eberly LA, George C, Sandman S, et al. | JAMA Network Open
Read the accompanying commentary here
Incorporating Indigenous recipes and locally-sourced Native food for patients with heart failure in the rural Navajo Nation was feasible and acceptable. These results can support the design and adaptation of similar models by other tribal communities.
Other New Resources
New social care implementation tools
Implementation Tools for Housing-Related Community Supports The Housing Community Supports Implementation Advisory Committee | California Health Care Foundation
Produce Prescription Incentive Technology Directory | UCSF Seligman Research Team
Publications on social risk screening and documentation
How High-Performing Community Health Clinics Accomplish Social Risk Screening Ackerman SL, Wing H, Pisciotta M, Hessler Jones D, Gottlieb LM |Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Development of the Self-Administered Health Complexity Screening Instrument Specker S, Andrew R, Drexler E, Koithan E, Thurber S, Frankel S | Professional Case Management [In addition to medical and psychiatric items, this tool incorporates multiple social determinants of health, known to add to clinical complexity.]
Development and Validation of a 1-Item Very Low Food Security Screen Poblacion A, Sheward R, Ettinger de Cuba S | Health Affairs Scholar
Recent Advances in Our Understanding of Electronic Health Record-Based Social Needs Screening and Documentation in Pediatrics LeLaurin JH, Zhao B, De La Cruz J, et al. | Academic Pediatrics
Caregiver Experiences with Inpatient Health-Related Social Needs Screening Stokes S, Latta H, Gayle T, et al. | Hospital Pediatrics
Fewer Screens, Greater Needs: Housing Insecurity and Healthcare Costs for Transgender Patients in a Safety-Net System Breslow AS, Babbs G, Cavic E, et al. | Health Affairs Scholar
ICD-10 Codes Used in Pediatric Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Sayeem M, Shum M, Ryus C, Powers E, Randell KA, Tiyyagura G | Academic Pediatrics
Publications about improving social resource connections
"The Resources are There, It's Just Not Sufficient”: Primary Care Team Members and their Experiences with Connecting Patients to Needed Resources Rodriguez J, Ravi T, Thompson EL, Ferrer RL | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Forming Community Partnerships to Create Social Needs Referral Programs Kovaric K, Earp A, Desai S, et al. | Hospital Pediatrics
Publications about food security/food-is-medicine interventions
Household and Pediatric Inpatient Food Insecurity: Analysis and Implications for National Efforts Jungbauer RM, Connor A, Garwood A, Woods ML, Vaz LE | Hospital Pediatrics
Voices From the Field: Individual Leaders Share Their Stories of Food is Medicine Ridberg R, Callahan EA, Chen S, et al. | American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
The Future of Nutrition Interventions in Medicaid Hager K, Berkowitz SA | JAMA Internal Medicine
Publications about housing-related interventions
Nursing Leadership in Housing First Implementation: A Comparative Analysis of Care Coordination Approaches Across Four U.S. States Kyei EF, Mumba MN | Nursing Outlook
Publications about transportation-related interventions
Beyond the No-Show: A Case Study Highlighting the Hidden Scope of Barriers to Radiotherapy Adherence in Cancer Care Biggins CA, Kirstein LJ, Reilly E, et al. | Surgery
Publications about social care payment policy
Early Adoption of Services for Health-Related Social Needs in Medicare Billig JI, Joo JH, Cardin JR, et al. | JAMA Health Forum
Social Determinants of Health Under the Trump Administration - Good as Well as Bad News Butler, SM | JAMA Health Forum
Addressing Patients’ Social Determinants of Health Is Important to Caregivers Jacobs, S | NEJM Catalyst
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