Introduction: Social risks, or adverse social conditions associated with poor health, are prevalent in emergency department (ED) patients, but little is known about how the prevalence of social risk compares to a patient’s reported social need, which incorporates patient...
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.
Prevalence of emergency department social risk and social needs
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Results of an initiative supporting community-based organizations and health care clinics to assist individuals with enrolling in SNAP
Context: Only 58% of eligible Coloradans are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In recent years, more community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care clinics are incorporating screening for social needs into their workflows.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchIdentifying and addressing social determinants of health in the primary care clinical training environment: A survey of the landscape
Introduction. This study surveyed the use of systematic strategies to address social determinants of health in the primary care clinical training environment. Methods.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Cost effectiveness of SEEK: A primary care-based child maltreatment prevention model.
Background: Funding for prevention interventions is often quite limited. Cost-related assessments are important to best allocate prevention funds.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Two paths on the roadmap for partnership success
Quality health care is essential, of course, but there are many basic needs it doesn’t address.
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsDevelopment and preliminary validation of a brief household food insecurity screening tool for paediatric health services in Australia
Children from food insecure households are more likely to have substandard food and nutritional intakes, and experience developmental delays, behaviour issues and increased use of health services.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Assessing eHI’s guiding principles for ethical use of SDOH data during COVID-19
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Since then, health systems in the United States have been severely challenged by unprecedented demand.
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsHealth care delivery system reform: Six policy imperatives
Meaningful improvements to how health care is organized, paid for, and delivered are not only needed but possible.
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsAssessing the acceptability, feasibility and sustainability of an intervention to increase detection of domestic violence and abuse in patients suffering from severe mental illness: A qualitative study
Rationale: Despite interventions to improve detection rates, domestic violence, and abuse (DVA) remains largely undetected by healthcare services.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Four ways to overcome partnership hurdles and address social determinants of health
Health care costs can be reduced and health outcomes improved by investing in non-clinical interventions that address the social determinants of health (SDOH) surrounding a person’s life. This is not a new concept.
2020
Commentaries & Blogs