Food insecurity — the limited or uncertain access to enough food — is a critical child health issue that impacts millions of infants, children,
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.
Screen and intervene: A toolkit for pediatricians to address food insecurity
2021
Tools & ToolkitsAddressing social needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of dual eligible special needs plans
COVID-19 has hit some populations harder than others. This includes people of color, residents of nursing facilities and other congregate settings, and individuals with multiple chronic medical conditions.
2021
Commentaries & BlogsThe National Academy of Medicine social care framework and COVID-19 care innovations
Despite social care interventions gaining traction in the US healthcare sector in recent years, the scaling of healthcare practices to address social adversity and coordinate care across sectors has been modest.
2021
Commentaries & BlogsRealizing resilience: A first look at health center and social sector response to social determinants of health needs during COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists Community Resilience as one of its Six Domains of Preparedness in public health emergency response.
2021
Issue Briefs & ReportsOther Study Design
Survivors' input on health care-connected services for intimate partner violence
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is increasingly recognized as a social factor impacting health, and health care providers are encouraged to routinely screen and refer patients for needs related to IPV.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Money moves the mare: The response of community-based organizations to health care's embrace of social determinants
Context: Recent health policies incentivize health care providers to collaborate with community‐based organizations (CBOs), such as food pantries and homeless shelters, to address patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH).
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
"Eyes in the home": Addressing social complexity in Veterans Affairs home-based primary care
Background: Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) has demonstrated success in decreasing risk of hospitalization and improving patient satisfaction through patient targeting and integrating long-term services and supports. Less is known about how HBPC teams approach social factors.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Reflections on the five laws of integrating medical and social services-21 years later
In 1999, Walter Leutz wrote a seminal article in The Milbank Quarterly on the need for and ways to better integrate medical and social services. He formulated five laws and offered three sets of lessons and recommendations.
2021
Commentaries & BlogsDiaper need? You can bank on it
DIAPER NEED IS the lack of sufficient diapers to keep a child clean, dry, and healthy. It is a newly recognized social and financial burden for 1 in 3 families in the United States. Despite this statistic, diaper costs are not addressed by federal antipoverty programs.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Using Self-Determination theory to understand the social prescribing process: a qualitative study
Background: Social prescribing assists patients to engage in social activities and connect to community supports as part of a holistic approach to primary care. Rx: Community was a social prescribing project, implemented within 11 community health centres situated across Ontario, Canada.
2021
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design