SynthesisPediatrics2019
Screening Children for Social Determinants of Health: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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124 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 254 citations in OpenAlex.
- 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026Guideline
- A Systematic Review of Electronic Community Resource Referral Systems.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Social Needs Resource Connections: A Systematic Review of Barriers, Facilitators, and Evaluation.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Addressing social determinants of noncommunicable diseases in primary care: a systematic review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2020Pooled it
- Differences in health care costs between two social health support programs: findings from a randomized social health integration pilot program.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- Comparison of clinic-based assistance versus a centralized call center on patient-reported social needs: findings from a randomized pilot social health integration program.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Examining the role of social workers within clinical metabolic genetics care.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2026Review
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations for anti-racist, equity-focused NICU family mental health.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
- Roll-Out Implementation Optimization (ROIO) trial to develop and test the implementation of a food security screening and referral process: a study protocol.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Implementing the screening for poverty and related social determinants and intervening to improve knowledge of and links to resources (SPARK) in primary care clinics across Canada.Family practice · 2026Article
- Demographic Patterns of Age- and Size-Appropriate Child Restraint Use in Chicago.Academic pediatrics · 2026Article
- Assessing Social Drivers of Health Among Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients Using Psychosocial Screening: Rates of Risk and What DO we DO?Pediatric transplantation · 2026Article
- Best Practices in Clinical Epilepsy Symposium | Mortality in Epilepsy: Challenges and Interventions.Epilepsy currents · 2026Article
- No patient left behind: Developing an interdisciplinary transition clinic for young adult patients with congenital heart disease.Health care transitions · 2026Article
- Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health in PICU Mode of Death: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Health-Related Social Needs: Inpatient Versus Ambulatory Pediatric Populations.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
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- The role of social determinants of health in the developing injured brain.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2025Review
64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
contextScreening children for social determinants of health (SDOHs) has gained attention in recent years, but there is a deficit in understanding the present state of the science.
objectiveTo systematically review SDOH screening tools used with children, examine their psychometric properties, and evaluate how they detect early indicators of risk and inform care. DATA SOURCES: Comprehensive electronic search of PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science Core Collection. STUDY SELECTION: Studies in which a tool that screened children for multiple SDOHs (defined according to Healthy People 2020) was developed, tested, and/or employed. DATA EXTRACTION: Extraction domains included study characteristics, screening tool characteristics, SDOHs screened, and follow-up procedures.
resultsThe search returned 6274 studies. We retained 17 studies encompassing 11 screeners. Study samples were diverse with respect to biological sex and race and/or ethnicity. Screening was primarily conducted in clinical settings with a parent or caregiver being the primary informant for all screeners. Psychometric properties were assessed for only 3 screeners. The most common SDOH domains screened included the family context and economic stability. Authors of the majority of studies described referrals and/or interventions that followed screening to address identified SDOHs. LIMITATIONS: Following the Healthy People 2020 SDOH definition may have excluded articles that other definitions would have captured.
conclusionsThe extent to which SDOH screening accurately assessed a child's SDOHs was largely unevaluated. Authors of future research should also evaluate if referrals and interventions after the screening effectively address SDOHs and improve child well-being.
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