Nursing organizations and leaders adopted the social determinants of health (SDOH) as essential to the delivery of health care, but little is known about working registered nurses’ (hereafter nurses) views on the SDOH.
Evidence & Resource Library
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Nurses' perceptions: Addressing social determinants of health to improve patient outcomes
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
The silence of food insecurity: Disconnections between primary care and community organizations
Purpose: Food insecurity is a prominent issue in the United States, and it is well established that food insecurity is linked to health and chronic illnesses.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Conceptualizing interprofessional working - when a lawyer joins the healthcare mix
Research, policy and practice in the field of interprofessional collaboration have focused on how medical, nursing, allied health and social care practitioners work together to positively impact patient care.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Complex patients have more emergency visits: Don't punish the systems that serve them
Importance: Better patient management can reduce emergency department (ED) use. Performance measures should reward plans for reducing utilization by predictably high-use patients, rather than rewarding plans that shun them.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Screening for food insecurity in the primary care setting: Type of visit matters
In 2018 over 11% of American households experienced food insecurity (FI), a condition of limited or uncertain access to food, putting those individuals at higher risk of chronic diseases including diabetes, obesity, depression, and hypertension.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Using information technology to assess patient risk factors in primary care clinics: Pragmatic evaluation
Background: Tobacco use, physical inactivity, and poor diet are associated with morbidity and premature death. Health promotion and primary prevention counseling, advice, and support by a primary care provider lead to behavior change attempts among patients.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Changes in Medicaid utilization and spending associated with homeless adults' entry into permanent supportive housing
Objective: Assess changes in Medicaid expenditures and utilization associated with receiving PSH. Design: Cohort study using a difference-in-differences approach.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchPre-post with Comparison Group
Pharmacist involvement in addressing public health priorities and community needs: The Allegheny County Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Project
Community–clinical linkages are connections between community and clinical sectors to improve population health, and community-based pharmacists are well positioned to implement this strategy.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
An exploration of key barriers to healthcare providers' use of food prescription (FRx) interventions in the rural South
Objective: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the attitude towards food prescriptions (FRx) interventions among clinicians and identify potential barriers to their use in clinical practice.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Pediatric primary care-based social needs services and health care utilization
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between use of primary care-based social needs services and subsequent utilization of ambulatory, emergency, and inpatient services.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design