Implementing Social Risk Screening and Referral to Resources in the NICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social risk screening is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, but this practice is underutilized in NICUs. To address this gap in social care, we aimed to increase rates of: (1) systematic social risk screening and (2) connection with community resources, each to ≥50% over a 14-month period.

Methods

We conducted a quality improvement initiative from November 2020 to January 2022. We adapted a screening tool and used Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to integrate screening and referral to resources into clinical workflow. Primary outcome measures included the percentage of (1) families screened and (2) connection with resources. We examined screening by maternal race/ethnicity and primary language. Process measures were (1) time from admission to screening and

SUBMITTER: Cordova-Ramos EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797529 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature