SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2022
Social Needs Resource Connections: A Systematic Review of Barriers, Facilitators, and Evaluation.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Paradoxes of Social Care: Reframing Apparent Conflicts.Annals of family medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Screening and Referral for Social Needs Among Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Trial
- Development of a statewide network hub for screening, referral, and enrollment into food as medicine programs across Kentucky.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Prevalence and Correlates of Social Risks and Receipt of Resources Among Rural and Urban Veterans.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
- Veterans' Experiences with a Social Need Intervention.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Language Accessibility of Community Resources to Address Pediatric Social Needs in 2 Large US Cities.Academic pediatrics · 2026Article
- Outreach Assessment for Social Health Needs in Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Qualitative Study of Patient Experience.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Individuals' Desire for Social Needs Sharing Among Healthcare Providers: Findings from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Lack of Parental Visitation as a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis: The Impact of Social Drivers of Health in the NICU.NeoReviews · 2025Article
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- Addressing social and health needs in health care: Characterizing case managers' work to address patient-defined goals.Health services research · 2025Article
- Integrating Social Needs into Health Care: An Implementation Science Perspective.Annual review of public health · 2025Review
- Identifying Veterans with a Higher Risk of Social Needs Using Cluster Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Fresh funds for moms: feasibility of a 12-week online food as medicine grocery prescription program for women with food insecurity and gestational diabetes.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- How ecological, production, and living spaces jointly shape urban spatial integration through resource sharing and interaction.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Impact of an Inpatient Social Needs Screening Program: Did Our Referral Resolve Your Need?Hospital pediatrics · 2024Article
- Perceived helpfulness of caregiver support resources: Results from a state-wide poll.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Understanding experiences and perspectives in addressing unmet social needs of children and families in a paediatric weight management program: a qualitative descriptive study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Sustainability of Social Needs Resolution Interventions: A Call to Consider Cost.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- COVID-19 pandemic effects on trajectories of college students' stress, coping, and sleep quality: A four-year longitudinal analysis.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionHealthcare organizations increasingly are screening patients for social needs (e.g., food, housing) and referring them to community resources. This systematic mixed studies review assesses how studies evaluate social needs resource connections and identifies patient- and caregiver-reported factors that may inhibit or facilitate resource connections.
methodsInvestigators searched PubMed and CINAHL for articles published from October 2015 to December 2020 and used dual review to determine inclusion based on a priori selection criteria. Data related to study design, setting, population of interest, intervention, and outcomes were abstracted. Articles' quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data analysis was conducted in 2021.
resultsThe search identified 34 articles from 32 studies. The authors created a taxonomy of quantitative resource connection measures with 4 categories: whether participants made contact with resources, received resources, had their social needs addressed, or rated some aspect of their experience with resources. Barriers to resource connections were inadequacy, irrelevancy, or restrictiveness; inaccessibility; fears surrounding stigma or discrimination; and factors related to staff training and resource information sharing. Facilitators were referrals' relevancy, the degree of support and simplicity embedded within the interventions, and interventions being comprehensive and inclusive. DISCUSSION: This synthesis of barriers and facilitators indicates areas where healthcare organizations may have agency to improve the efficacy of social needs screening and referral interventions. The authors also recommend that resource connection measures be explicitly defined and focus on whether participants received new resources and whether their social needs were addressed.
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