ArticleFamily practice2019
Screening for poverty and intervening in a primary care setting: an acceptability and feasibility study.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Paradoxes of Social Care: Reframing Apparent Conflicts.Annals of family medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Screening Health-Related Social Needs in Hospitals: A Systematic Review of Health Care Professional and Patient Perspectives.Population health management · 2023Pooled it
- Income Security Health Promotion: Addressing Patients' Unmet Income Needs in a Toronto Family Practice, a Qualitative Study.International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2026Article
- Assessing Unmet Social Needs in Multiple Sclerosis Care in Australia: A Qualitative Assessment of Feasibility, Barriers and Enablers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
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- Evaluating screening and intervention for poverty in family practice settings in Saskatchewan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health and 30-Day Mortality After Inpatient Elective Surgery.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Applying a process mapping methodology to identify barriers and facilitators to social needs screener and medical-legal partnership integration into primary care facilities.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
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- Digital Health Technologies for Screening and Identifying Unmet Social Needs: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Primary health care reforms: a scoping review.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Social needs screening in primary care: A tool in the fight for health equity?Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Acceptability and feasibility of screening with a pediatric care provider-led social determinants of health identification tool.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Making ends meet - relating a self-reported indicator of financial hardship to health status.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Use of Social Determinants of Health Screening among Primary Health Care Nurses of Developed Countries: An Integrative Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Review
- Automating data collection methods in electronic health record systems: a Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) viewpoint.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2023Review
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- Implementation of targeted screening for poverty in a large primary care team in Toronto, Canada: a feasibility study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundA movement is emerging to encourage health providers and health organizations to take action on the social determinants of health. However, few evidence-based interventions exist. Digital tools have not been examined in depth.
objectiveTo assess the acceptability and feasibility of integrating, within routine primary care, screening for poverty and an online tool that helps identify financial benefits.
methodsThe setting was a Community Health Centre serving a large number of low-income individuals in Toronto, Canada. Physicians were encouraged to use the tool at every possible encounter during a 1-month period. A link to the tool was easily accessible, and reminder emails were circulated regularly. This mixed-methods study used a combination of pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys, focus groups and interviews.
resultsThirteen physicians participated (81.25% of all) and represented a range of genders and years in practice. Physicians reported a strong awareness of the importance of identifying poverty as a health concern, but low confidence in their ability to address poverty. The tool was used with 63 patients over a 1-month period. Although screening and intervening on poverty is logistically challenging in regular workflows, online tools could assist patients and health providers identify financial benefits quickly. Future interventions should include more robust follow-up.
conclusionsOur study contributes to the evidence based on addressing the social determinants of health in clinical settings. Future approaches could involve routine screening, engaging other members of the team in intervening and following up, and better integration with the electronic health record.
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