Use of Social Determinants of Health Screening among Primary Health Care Nurses of Developed Countries: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: The aims of the study are to evaluate and synthesise research that has investigated social determinants of health screening by primary healthcare nurses; how and when primary health care nurses perform social determinants of health screening; and implications for advancing nursing practice. Systematic searches in electronic databases identified fifteen published studies which met the inclusion criteria. Studies were synthesised using reflexive thematic analysis. This review found little evidence of primary health care nurses using standardised social determinants of health screening tools. Eleven subthemes were identified and collapsed into three main themes: organisation and health system supports are required to enable primary health care nurses; primary health care nurses are often relu

SUBMITTER: McGowan DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944459 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature