التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Social Needs Assessment and Linkage to Community Health Workers in a Large Urban Hospital System. |
| المؤلفون: |
Shi, Marc, Fiori, Kevin, Kim, Ryung S., Gao, Qi, Umanski, Galina, Thomas, Iby, Telzak, Andrew, Chambers, Earle |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health; 4/21/2023, p1-7, 7p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HEALTH services accessibility, FOOD security, AGE distribution, HISPANIC Americans, HOUSING stability, MEDICAL care costs, TRANSPORTATION of patients, RACE, URBAN hospitals, HUMAN services programs, MEDICAL care use, SPANISH language, SEX distribution, MEDICAL referrals, NEEDS assessment, DEMOGRAPHY, POVERTY, SOCIAL case work, SECONDARY analysis, PATIENT safety |
| مستخلص: |
Objectives: Identifying social needs is a growing priority in primary care, but there is significant variation in how patients access services to meet such needs. This study identifies predictors of successful linkage with a community health worker (CHW) among patients with social needs seen in an outpatient setting. Methods: This study uses a cross-sectional analysis of social needs assessments administered in an urban health system between April 2018 and December 2019. Social needs included: food insecurity, housing quality, housing instability, healthcare cost, healthcare related transportation, utilities, care for dependents, legal assistance, safety, and getting along with household members. Patients with at least 1 social need and accepting help were included in the analysis. On contact with a CHW, patients were entered into a separate database. The primary outcome was successful "linkage," defined by having a positive social needs assessment in the medical record and a corresponding record in the CHW database. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess predictors of linkage. Results: Among patients with at least 1 social need accepting help, 25% (758/3064) were linked to a CHW. Positive predictors included female gender (OR 1.28 [95% CI 1.01-1.63]), Spanish language preference compared to English (1.51 [1.14-1.03]), and having a food related need (1.35 [1.03-1.79]). Negative predictors included age 18 to 65 (0.34 [0.17-0.71] for age 18-24) and 0 to 5 (0.45 [0.24-0.78]) compared to over 65, non-Hispanic White race compared to Hispanic race (0.39 [0.18-0.84]), and having needs of getting along with household members (0.52 [0.38-0.71]) and safety (0.64 [0.42-0.98]). Conclusions: Twenty-five percent of patients who had at least 1 social need and were accepting help had a successful CHW linkage. Predictors of linkage suggest areas of further system-level improvements to screening and referral interventions to target at risk patients and communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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