University of San Francisco California
June 2025 Research Round-Up
Below we share multiple SIREN-relevant articles published since the 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.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Patients' Perspectives About Sharing Information with Providers on Social Needs During Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study Olvera RG, Melnyk H, MacEwan SR, et al. | BMC Health Services Research
A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Beliefs and Acceptability of Social Risk Screening in the Emergency Department Stillman K, Luna-Lupercio B, Caudill A, et al. | Journal of Emergency Nursing
Predictive Value of a Financial Strain Question to Pre-screen Individuals for Social Risks Tucher EL, Tran N, Gottlieb LM, et al. | Journal of General Internal Medicine
Integrating Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Risks Screening in Adult Primary Care Gill I, Thompson-Lastad A, Ruvalcaba D, Gottlieb LM, Hessler Jones D | Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
A Health System-Wide Approach to Addressing Unmet Social Needs Among Children with Asthma Margolis RHF, Stringfield S, Brewer T, et al. | Hospital Pediatrics
Strategies Used by Emergency Department Clinical Champions to Sustain Improvements in Intimate Partner Violence Screening: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study Saberi E, Hurley J, Hutchinson M | Journal of Nursing Management
Differences Between Individual Social Risks, Social Needs, and Community-level Social Risk Among Pediatric Patients Pantell MS, Mosen DM, Tran N, Gottlieb LM, Banegas MP | Academic Pediatrics
Exploring the Routine Recording of Health-Related Social Needs in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals Park S, Hamadi HY, Abdul S, Spaulding A, Xu J, Zhao M | Health Services Insights
Critical Perspectives: Medical Social Workers' Early Insights on Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Follow-up DeVos TV, Thatcher E, Getz G, Nicks SE, Sieck CJ | Journal of Healthcare Management
A Narrative Review on Shifting Practice and Policy Around Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Screenings: Expanding the Role of Social Workers in Healthcare Settings in the U. S. Vohra-Gupta S, Petruzzi L, Cherian A, Chow C, Unzueta M, Joachimi R | Healthcare
Use of Social Determinants of Health Z Codes was Sparse, 2016-22 Aswani MS, Do LA, Shafer PR | Health Affairs
Physician Perspectives on Z Codes for Social Determinants of Health Screening Enich M, Tiderington E | Journal of General Internal Medicine
An Electronic Health Record-Based Platform for Social Needs Assessment and Navigation Services: Preliminary Results of an RCT Hatef E, Richards T, Hail S, et al. | AJPM Focus
Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Referral Intervention in the Bronx George PE, Haughton J, Whiskey R, Levano S, Muleta H, Fiori KP | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Enhancing Cancer Care Through Digital Social Care Referrals: Insights from the ConnectedNest Pilot Study Haynes D, Trempe E, Iwan A, et al. | Supportive Care in Cancer
Legal Issues and Outcomes of a Medical-Legal Partnership for Cancer Patients Dowling AB, Sweeney A, Gordon ME, et al. | Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Addressing Food Insecurity: A Paediatric Academic Advocacy Collaborative Quality Initiative Amati JBA, Mehta S, Buitrago Mogollon T, et al. | BMJ Open Quality
Pediatric Produce Prescription Program Grounded in Community Connection Improves Food Security and Fruit Intake in Hawai’i Esquivel MK, Shelton C, Higa A, Ahn HJ, Okhiro M | AJPM Focus
Gaps, Successes, and Opportunities Related to Social Drivers of Health from the Perspectives of Black Preterm Infant Caregivers: A Qualitative Study Karvonen KL, Anunwah E, Gilmore S, et al. | Journal of Pediatrics
Participant Needs, Service Utilization, and Costs in a Medicaid Housing Pilot Program Gill M, Craigie A, Holtorf M, Gronowski B, Livingston CJ | JAMA Network Open
Patient perspective of care
Focus Groups Reveal How Threat Vigilance Hinders Social Needs Screening and Referrals in the Emergency Department Bybee G, Tedford J, Grigorian G, et al. | Frontiers in Communication
From Screening to Support: Exploring Patient Engagement with Health-Related Social Needs Services Luther BL, Bybee SG, Elmore CE, et al. | AJPM Focus
Help Us Document What We Already Do: Pilot Study of Clinical Decision Support Tools Targeting Social Risk-Informed Care Pisciotta M, Morrissey S, Bunce A, et al. | JAMIA Open
Commentaries & Blogs
Rescinding Health-Related Social Needs Guidance Undermines Trump’s Own Economic Goals Prasad J | Health Affairs Forefront
Approaching Ethical Challenges at the Intersection of Medical and Social Care Taylor L, Peek ME, Gottlieb LM | Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
We Need Better Data to Measure the Value of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Neuman T, Fuglesten Biniek J, Freed M | Health Affairs Forefront
It's Time for Health Care to See the Humanism in Housing Thorndike AL, Hinami K, Chin MH | Journal of General Internal Medicine
Precision Social Care Delivery Sandhu S, Liu M, Gottlieb LM, Manchanda R | Annals of Internal Medicine
Understanding Hospitals as Sites of Care That Address Social Needs-Why It Matters McLemore MR | JAMA Network Open