ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2020
Patients' Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Social Needs Screening and Navigation: Multi-site Survey in a Large Integrated Health System.
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47 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
- Insights Into Patients' Perceptions of Health-Related Social Needs and the Role of the Adult Primary Care Clinic.Journal of primary care & community healthTrial
- "It Would be a Burden off My Back": Veterans' Perceptions of Social Risk and Needs Screening Acceptability.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Experiences of Social Risk Screening in the Safety-Net Among Patients with Mental Health Needs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement project to standardize food insecurity screening in a pediatric nephrology clinic.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 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
- Primary care provider and clinic staff perspectives on the collection of demographic and social needs data in primary care clinics across five Canadian provinces.Family medicine and community health · 2026Article
- Safeguarding Social Determinants of Health Data at a Managed Health Plan.Advances in health information science and practice · 2026Article
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- Perspectives on Health-Related Social Needs Screening in Primary Care Among Black and Latine Patients.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- From Screening to Support: Exploring Patient Engagement With Health-Related Social Needs Services.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Feasible and acceptable social drivers of health screening among patients with chronic liver disease.Hepatology communications · 2025Article
- Seeing the unseen: uncovering health-related social needs through universal screening at an academic ophthalmology practice.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Patient and clinician acceptability of automated extraction of social drivers of health from clinical notes in primary care.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
- Understanding the Reasons Why Patients With Food Insecurity Decline Social Assistance at a Large Academic Medical Center.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Social Risk at Individual vs Neighborhood Levels and Health Care Use in Medicaid Enrollees.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Health-Related Social Needs Discussions in Primary Care Encounters in Safety-Net Clinics: A Qualitative Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Participation in Clinic-Based Referral and Navigation Services Among Families With Social Needs.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs more health care organizations integrate social needs screening and navigation programs into clinical care delivery, the patient perspective is necessary to guide implementation and achieve patient-centered care.
objectivesTo examine patients' perceptions of whether social needs affect health and attitudes toward healthcare system efforts to screen for and address social needs. RESEARCH
designMulti-site, self-administered survey to assess (1) patient perceptions of the health impact of commonly identified social needs; (2) experience of social needs; (3) degree of support for a health system addressing social needs, including which social needs should be screened for and intervened upon; and (4) attitudes toward a health system utilizing resources to address social needs. Analyses were conducted using multivariable logistic regression models with clinic site cluster adjustment. SUBJECTS: Adult patients at seven primary care clinics within a large, integrated health system in Southern California. MAIN MEASURES: Survey measures of experience with, acceptability of, and attitudes toward clinical social determinants of health screening and navigation. KEY
resultsA total of 1161 patients participated, representing a 79% response rate. Most respondents (69%) agreed that social needs impact health and agreed their health system should ask about social needs (85%) and help address social needs (88%). Patients with social needs in the last year were more likely to (1) agree social needs impact health (OR 10.2, p < 0.001), (2) support their health system asking patients about social needs (OR 3.7, p < 0.001), and (3) support addressing patient social needs (OR 3.5, p < 0.001). Differences by social need history, gender, age, race, ethnicity, and education were found.
conclusionsMost patients at a large integrated health system supported clinical social needs screening and intervention. Differences in attitudes by social need history, gender, age, race, ethnicity, and education may indicate opportunities to develop more equitable, patient-centered approaches to addressing social needs.
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