The Food Research & Action Center and American Academy of Pediatrics have put together an infographic with key facts about childhood food insecurity and ways for pediatricians to prepare, screen, and intervene.
Evidence & Resource Library
The SIREN Evidence & Resource Library has expanded to include both peer-reviewed publications and other types of resources such as webinars and screening tools/toolkits on medical and social care integration. To limit your search to peer-reviewed articles, select Peer Reviewed Research under Resource Type. If you have questions about how to use the library or suggestions about additional resources, view this help document or write us at [email protected]. Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter to get alerts about recent additions to the Evidence & Resource Library.
Pediatricians play a critical role in protecting children from food insecurity
Designing EHR tools for collecting, summarizing, & acting on patient-reported SDH, in CHCs: a stakeholder-driven process
This presentation describes the current research being carried out by SIREN RAC members Rachel Gold and Erika Cottrell of OCHIN.
Exploratory evaluation of food insecurity programs initiated by health care organizations: A summary report of tackling hunger consultative group recommendations
The Tackling Hunger Project exploratory evaluation uses the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method (SSA) 1 to assess promising practices to identify and address the needs of food insecure patients with chronic health conditions.
Other Study Design
CIN stories from the field: Social needs screening and referral models
Many health care organizations have begun to assess and address patients’ social needs — such as homelessness, food insecurity, and social isolation — in addition to their medical needs in an effort to improve clinical outcomes and control total cost of care.
Other Study Design
Identifying social risk and needs in health care promising approaches to screening for social determinants of health & recommendations for continued exploration
NASDOH has released the first in a series of issue briefs designed to address key issues and advance our national efforts to address social determinants of health.
Achieving health equity: how academic medicine is addressing the social determinants of health
The mission of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and of its member medical schools and teaching hospitals is to “improve the health of all.” This seemingly simple, five-word phrase underscores two issues of paramount importance to the patients and communities we serve: health...