Below, we highlight multiple SIREN-relevant articles published since the last newsletter. For a comprehensive list of articles, 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.
September Research Highlights
An Indigenous Food Is Medicine Intervention: The MUTTON-HF Randomized Clinical Trial Eberly LA, George C, Sandman S, et al. | JAMA Internal Medicine
This RCT of 206 primarily American Indian patients with heart failure compared a culturally and medically tailored meal program with usual dietary advice over 8 weeks. The meal program intervention significantly reduced all-cause hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Intervention patients also demonstrated improved food security.
Housing First and Health: What the Evidence Says Robinson L, Moon K, Linton SL, Pollack EC | Health Affairs
Housing First interventions consistently improve housing outcomes for people experiencing homelessness, but findings on health improvements remain mixed, raising questions about whether inconclusive results reflect implementation challenges and research design differences or true mixed effects.
Elevating this social care pilot study in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month
Food for Cancer Health: The Impact of a Culturally Tailored Food Voucher Intervention on Food Insecurity and Quality of Life Among Latino/a/e/x Patients with Cancer Hanna MT, Wood EH, Guzman LL, et al. | Supportive Care in Cancer
This pilot study included 30 low income, primarily Latino adults with cancer and food insecurity who received six monthly $40 gift cards redeemable at local food retailers + community health worker support for health-related social needs. Among participants, food insecurity decreased significantly and health-related quality of life improved. All participants adhered to their cancer treatment care plans throughout the project period.
Centering Multilingual Patient Voices in the Co-Design of a Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool in an Urban Safety-Net Hospital Khemraj UD, Solomon P, Eddy R, et al. | Journal of General Internal Medicine
Addressing Unmet Needs in the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Rosas SE, Busch R, Raj DS | International Journal of General Medicine
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Identifying Social Determinants of Health in Low-Income Populations Within United States Health Systems: A Scoping Review Razzano AV | Health Science Reports
Changes in Documentation of Social Risk Factor Diagnosis Codes: Comparison of Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Model Types Nguyen KH, Lim K, Thompson K, Gordon SH, Ncube CN, McCloskey L, et al. | Health Affairs Scholar
Medicare Advantage and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes Berkowitz SA, LaPoint M, Kuhn ML, et al. | JAMA Internal Medicine
Epidemiology of Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Positivity in a Multistate Health System Patel BP, Bayes B, Madden V, Lu Y, Dircksen J, Suleiman Z, et al. | JAMA Network Open
See the accompanying commentary by Onakomaiya & Adhikari here
Addressing Social and Cultural Needs with Lean Management in a National Sample of US Physician Practices Hung DY, Levy LC, Schifferdecker KE, Zerboni DE, Shortell SM | The Milbank Quarterly
Food Is Medicine Interventions to Improve Health Berkowitz SA, Seligman HK, Volpp KG | Annual Review of Medicine
Health Advocates to Address Social Adversity in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Clinical Trial Wadhwani SI, Reyna B, Huerta A, et al. | Hepatology Communications
Implementing Social Risk Screening Across a Pediatric Liver Transplant Learning Health Network: Lessons From the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation Jutras G, Huerta A, Bisarya C, et al. | Medical Care
Implementing a Social Needs Screening and Intervention Program at a Pediatric Diabetes Center Relan S, DeWit E, Evans K, et al. | Quality Management in Health Care
Health System Responses to Homelessness in the United States: Prevalence and Predictors Dewald A, Unwala N, Creedon TB, Singer PM, Willison CE | Health Affairs Scholar
Advancing Pediatric Social Care: A Review of the Evidence and Roadmap for Research, Practice, and Policy Cullen D, Garg A | Academic Pediatrics
Health System-Community Partnerships in a Medicaid Nutrition and Housing Program, 2020-2023: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation McCurley JL, Fung V, Levy DE, et al. | Health Affairs Scholar
Postpartum Implications of Screening for Social Determinants of Health at the Time of Delivery Truong N, Feffer M, Sprawka N, Alrahmani L, Lal A | Maternal and Child Health Journal
How Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations Advance Maternal Health Care Quality: Drivers of Change and Challenges From the Perspective of ACO Leaders, Clinicians, and Care Coordinators Ogden SN, Loo S, Cole MB, et al. | The Milbank Quarterly
Structural Readiness of CBOs to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Chronic Disease Management Programs D'Apolito G, Verdecias-Pellum N | BMC Health Services Research
System-Level Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Completion in Community-Based Navigation: Lessons From a Quality Improvement Initiative Carter-Bawa L, Lucca-Susana M, Orr E, Jamal S, Shoulders EN | BMJ Open Quality
The Benefit of Social Needs Programs: Hospital Reports of Associated Population Health Management Outcomes Opoku ST, Apenteng BA, Akowuah E, Anokye-Mensah S, Puobebe C, Poku B | Population Health Management
Referrals for Food Assistance at Health Resources and Services Administration Health Centers Rohatgi KW, Fernandez A, Seligman HK | JAMA Network Open
Commentaries and blogs
Billing Medicaid for Community Health Worker Services: The Promise, Pitfalls, and Path Forward Sanders MR, Fiscella K | Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
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