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Since December 2020, SIREN has hosted a podcast channel focused on hot topics in social care research, policy, and practice. Our channel brings together edited recordings of recent webinars alongside exclusive, podcast-only conversations. You can listen to all the episodes at any time by subscribing to our podcast on Apple, StitcherSpotify, or using the links below.

 

Latest Episodes

New SIREN Social Care Conceptual Model

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On Monday March 11th participants joined us for a conversation about the new SIREN Social Care Conceptual Model! Emerging evidence suggests that social care programs do not affect health solely by connecting patients with social services and reducing socioeconomic barriers.

Lessons from Abolition Work in Other Sectors: What Can Social Care Learn?

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Social care practice and research are often inspired by intentions to advance health equity. However, social care is often planned and executed without a clear recognition of and confrontation with the racism, particularly anti-Black racism, that has led to existing inequities.

Measuring Racial Health Equity in Social Care Research

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Each year an increasing number of original research articles are published about healthcare-based social care programs and policies. However, relatively few of these studies measure the impact of social care interventions on different racial or ethnic minority groups.

Implementation Research on Social Screening in Healthcare Settings

28:45

In this episode, we are joined by Cherelle Vanbrakle, MEd, the Director of Health Promotion and Community Advocacy at People’s Community Clinic based in Austin, TX, and Andrea Nederveld, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado, to discuss

Asset-Based Screening in Healthcare Settings

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In this episode, we are joined by Jaedon Avey, Health Program Analyst, and L’aakaw Eesh Kyle Wark, Researcher, both of whom are from the Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage Alaska, a non-profit, tribally owned and operated healthcare organization serving 65,000 Alaska Native/American Indian peop

Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Social Screening in Healthcare Settings

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In this episode, Sarah Coombs, the director for health system transformation at the National Partnership for Women & Families, and Janice Tufte, an active patient partner in research, evidence generation, measurement, and care improvement, discuss their reactions to the patient and patient ca

Provider Perspectives on Social Screening in Healthcare Settings

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In this episode, Andy Quiñones-Rivera, MD, MPH, an ER resident physician with LA county is joined by Loel Solomon, MPP, PhD, a Professor of Health Systems Science at the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine and former Vice President for Community Health at Kaiser Permanente.

Prevalence of Social Screening in Healthcare Settings

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SIREN Senior Research Associate Yuri Cartier, MPH, sits down with Kalpana Ramiah, DrPH, MSc, CPH, Vice President of Vice President of Innovation at America’s Essential Hospitals and Director of the Essential Hospitals to discuss SIREN’s recent review of surveys measuring the prevalence of social

SIREN Coffee & Science Wrap Party

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On December 3rd, 2021, SIREN organized a special closing event (insert tears) for the 2021 Coffee & Science series.