Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Differences in Social Risks and Social Needs Concordance Among Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Social screening initiatives often prioritize identifying social risks before offering support. The extent to which the emphasis on social risks contribute to overscreening and/or underdetection of needs, overall and across demographic subgroups, remains underexplored.

Objective

To examine the agreement between self-reported social risks and needs for support and variance in risk-need concordance across racial, ethnic, and sex subgroups.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study examined responses to an online or mailed survey fielded between March 2 and May 9, 2023, to Veterans Health Administration patients who visited their primary care practitioner in January or February 2023. Survey weights were used to adjust for sampling frame and

SUBMITTER: Russell LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12914491 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature