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ReviewPublic health reviews2018

Screening for social determinants of health in clinical care: moving from the margins to the mainstream.

Anne Andermann

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Review in Public health reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07278401 (Community Pharmacies as Social Determinant of Health Navigators), which is not on this map. Cited by 156 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07278401 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Community Pharmacies as Social Determinant of Health Navigators

TypeinterventionalSponsorState University of New York at BuffaloRan2025 to 2027Enrolled1,600ConditionsSocial Needs StatusArmsSocial needs screenings and referrals
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

156 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Improving Adolescent and Young Adult Health Through Knowledge and Action on Gender-Based Violence.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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  17. Diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations for anti-racist, equity-focused NICU family mental health.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Anne Andermann1St Mary's Research Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundScreening for the social determinants of health in clinical practice is still widely debated.

methodsA scoping review was used to (1) explore the various screening tools that are available to identify social risk, (2) examine the impact that screening for social determinants has on health and social outcomes, and (3) identify factors that promote the uptake of screening in routine clinical care.

resultsOver the last two decades, a growing number of screening tools have been developed to help frontline health workers ask about the social determinants of health in clinical care. In addition to clinical practice guidelines that recommend screening for specific areas of social risk (e.g., violence in pregnancy), there is also a growing body of evidence exploring the use of screening or case finding for identifying multiple domains of social risk (e.g., poverty, food insecurity, violence, unemployment, and housing problems).

conclusionThere is increasing traction within the medical field for improving social history taking and integrating more formal screening for social determinants of health within clinical practice. There is also a growing number of high-quality evidence-based reviews that identify interventions that are effective in promoting health equity at the individual patient level, and at broader community and structural levels.

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Community oriented primary careIntersectoral actionMarginalized patientsReviewScreeningSecondary preventionSocial determinants

Identifiers

PMID29977645
PMCPMC6014006

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