Screening Children for Social Determinants of Health: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Screening children for social determinants of health (SDOHs) has gained attention in recent years, but there is a deficit in understanding the present state of the science. To systematically review SDOH screening tools used with children, examine their psychometric properties, and evaluate how they detect early indicators of risk and inform care. Comprehensive electronic search of PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science Core Collection. Studies in which a tool that screened children for multiple SDOHs (defined according to Healthy People 2020) was developed, tested, and/or employed. Extraction domains included study characteristics, screening tool characteristics, SDOHs screened, and follow

SUBMITTER: Sokol R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996928 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature