January 2022 Research Round-Up

In this month’s Research Round-Up, we categorize articles using the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s “Five As Framework”, which defined roles that health care organizations can play in integrating social care. For more on what each of the five “As” means check out the Dec 2020 SIREN Coffee & Science podcast episode with Drs. Laura Gottlieb and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo. As always, articles in the round-up (and more!) can be found in the SIREN Evidence and Resource Library.

Peer-Reviewed articles

Awareness/Screening

Social Emergency Medicine: Capitalizing on the Pediatric Emergency Department Visit to Screen and Connect Patients and Families to Community Resources
D.B. Liberman, P.K. Pham, & J.E. Semple-Hess | Academic Pediatrics

Social Needs Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic
R. Mayo, T. Kliot, R. Weinstein, M. Onigbanjo, & R. Carter | Child: Care Health and Development

Evaluation of a Natural Language Processing Approach to Identify Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records in a Diverse Community Cohort
C.J. Rouillard, M.A. Nasser, H. Hu, & D.W. Roblin | Medical Care

Assistance

A Framework for Evaluating Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referrals for Assistance
K. Chagin, F. Choate, K. Cook, S. Fuehrer, J.E. Misak, & A.R. Sehgal | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

"It's Not Just the Right Thing . . . It's a Survival Tactic": Disentangling Leaders' Motivations and Worries on Social Care
T.K Fraze, L.B. Beidler, & L.A. Savitz | Medical Care Research and Review

Addressing Transportation Insecurity Improves Attendance at Posthospitalization Appointments
S.C Hoffman, A.S. Buczkowski, L. Mallory, et al. | Pediatrics

Assessment of a Hotel-Based Protective Housing Program for Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Management of Chronic Illness Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness
T.D. Huggett, E.L. Tung, M. Cunningham, et al. | JAMA Network Open

Promoting Healthy Food Access and Nutrition in Primary Care: A Systematic Scoping Review of Food Prescription Programs
M. Little, E. Rosa, C. Heasley, A. Asif, W. Dodd, & A. Richter | American Journal of Health Promotion

Cash Transfer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicentre, Randomised Controlled Trial
N. Persaud, K.E. Thorpe, M. Bedard, et al. | Family Medicine and Community Health

Adjustment

Precision Communication: Physicians’ Linguistic Adaptation to Patients’ Health Literacy
D. Schillinger, N.D. Duran, D.S. McNamara, S.A. Crossley, R. Balyan, & A.J. Karter | Science Advances

Alignment

Bridging Health and Temporary Housing Services for Medicaid Members Experiencing Homelessness: Program Impact on Health Care Utilization, Costs, and Well-being
A. Gordon, Y. Liu, K. Tavitian, B. York, S.M. Finnell, & A. Agiro | Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

ACO and Social Service Organization Partnerships: Payment, Challenges, and Perspectives
D. Velasquez & J.F. Figueroa | NEJM Catalyst

Reports & Issue Briefs

Social Risk-Informed Care: Scoping Review and Qualitative Research to Inform Implementation at Kaiser Permanente
S.L. Fitzpatrick & D. Papajorgji-Taylor | Social Needs Network for Evaluation and Translation (SONNET)

Using a Tool to Measure Return on Investment in Addressing Health-Related Social Needs
D. McCarthy & T. Shah | The Commonwealth Fund

Commentaries & Blogs

Promoting Health Equity by Paying for Social Care
B. Ewald, R. Golden, & D.J. Mason | JAMA Health Forum

Care Coordination Through Local Partnerships: A Needed Policy Paradigm
J.M. Liao, H. Nakano, J. Lee, & J. Osgood | Health Affairs Forefront

Value in Medicaid, Part 2: Challenges Concerning Health-Related Social Needs
A. Mahajan | Health Affairs Forefront

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Health Systems: Balancing Mission and Financial Sustainability
S.M. Melzer | Current Opinion Pediatrics

Health System-Based Housing Navigation for Homeless Patients: A New Care Coordination Framework
D.E. Velasquez, K. Mecklai, S. Plevyak, B. Eappen, K.A. Koh, & A.F. Martin | Healthcare

Tools & Toolkits

✪ Guide to Implementing Social Risk Screening and Referral-Making
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research & OCHIN, Inc.  
This implementation toolkit is a dissemination product from a large NIDDK trial aiming to increase social screening and referral in community health centers.

Electronic Exchange of Data and "Closing the Loop"
M. Curran | National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

The One-Stop Shop for Healthcare & Community Partnerships
HealthBegins, Commonwealth Fund, & Nonprofit Finance Fund