Identifying subgroups with differential levels of service response to a digital screening and service navigation program for unmet social care needs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital screening and navigation interventions are increasingly integrated into health systems to identify and support families' unmet social care needs, yet their effectiveness in improving outcomes remains unclear among priority population communities. We hypothesise that responses to such digital interventions might vary based on sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics.

Methods

Data were analysed from 288 participants in a randomised controlled trial evaluating Watch Me Grow-Electronic - a digital screening and service navigation model to identify psychosocial needs, parental wellbeing, and child developmental needs in South Western Sydney (urban site) and Murrumbidgee (regional/rural site), New South Wales, Australia. Latent class analysis was used t

SUBMITTER: John JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779123 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature