Stakeholder perspectives on social screening in US healthcare settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence on the health impacts of social conditions has led US healthcare systems to consider identifying and addressing social adversity-e.g. food, housing, and transportation insecurity-in care delivery settings. Social screening is one strategy being used to gather patient information about social circumstances at the point of care. While several recent studies describe the rapid proliferation of social screening activities, little work has explored either why or how to implement social screening in clinical settings. Our study objectives were to assess diverse healthcare stakeholder perspectives on both the rationale for social screening and evidence needed to inform practice and policy-relevant implementation decisions.

Methods

We convened five focus groups w

SUBMITTER: Aceves B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature