Implementation of targeted screening for poverty in a large primary care team in Toronto, Canada: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poverty has a significant influence on health. Efforts to optimize income and reduce poverty could make a difference to the lives of patients and their families. Routine screening for poverty in primary care is an important first step but rarely occurs in Canada. We aimed to implement a targeted screening and referral process in a large, distributed primary care team in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main outcome was the proportion of targeted patients screened.

Methods

This implementation evaluation was conducted with a large community-based primary care team in north Toronto. The primary care team serves relatively wealthy neighborhoods with pockets of poverty. Physicians were invited to participate. We implemented targeted screening by combining census informati

SUBMITTER: Wintemute K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483428 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature