TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Needs Resource Connections
T2 - A Systematic Review of Barriers, Facilitators, and Evaluation
AU - Steeves-Reece, Anna Louise
AU - Totten, Annette Marie
AU - Broadwell, Katherine Du Bose
AU - Richardson, Dawn Michele
AU - Nicolaidis, Christina
AU - Davis, Melinda Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Introduction: Healthcare organizations increasingly are screening patients for social needs (e.g., food, housing) and referring them to community resources. This systematic mixed studies review assesses how studies evaluate social needs resource connections and identifies patient- and caregiver-reported factors that may inhibit or facilitate resource connections. Methods: Investigators searched PubMed and CINAHL for articles published from October 2015 to December 2020 and used dual review to determine inclusion based on a priori selection criteria. Data related to study design, setting, population of interest, intervention, and outcomes were abstracted. Articles’ quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data analysis was conducted in 2021. Results: The search identified 34 articles from 32 studies. The authors created a taxonomy of quantitative resource connection measures with 4 categories: whether participants made contact with resources, received resources, had their social needs addressed, or rated some aspect of their experience with resources. Barriers to resource connections were inadequacy, irrelevancy, or restrictiveness; inaccessibility; fears surrounding stigma or discrimination; and factors related to staff training and resource information sharing. Facilitators were referrals’ relevancy, the degree of support and simplicity embedded within the interventions, and interventions being comprehensive and inclusive. Discussion: This synthesis of barriers and facilitators indicates areas where healthcare organizations may have agency to improve the efficacy of social needs screening and referral interventions. The authors also recommend that resource connection measures be explicitly defined and focus on whether participants received new resources and whether their social needs were addressed.
AB - Introduction: Healthcare organizations increasingly are screening patients for social needs (e.g., food, housing) and referring them to community resources. This systematic mixed studies review assesses how studies evaluate social needs resource connections and identifies patient- and caregiver-reported factors that may inhibit or facilitate resource connections. Methods: Investigators searched PubMed and CINAHL for articles published from October 2015 to December 2020 and used dual review to determine inclusion based on a priori selection criteria. Data related to study design, setting, population of interest, intervention, and outcomes were abstracted. Articles’ quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data analysis was conducted in 2021. Results: The search identified 34 articles from 32 studies. The authors created a taxonomy of quantitative resource connection measures with 4 categories: whether participants made contact with resources, received resources, had their social needs addressed, or rated some aspect of their experience with resources. Barriers to resource connections were inadequacy, irrelevancy, or restrictiveness; inaccessibility; fears surrounding stigma or discrimination; and factors related to staff training and resource information sharing. Facilitators were referrals’ relevancy, the degree of support and simplicity embedded within the interventions, and interventions being comprehensive and inclusive. Discussion: This synthesis of barriers and facilitators indicates areas where healthcare organizations may have agency to improve the efficacy of social needs screening and referral interventions. The authors also recommend that resource connection measures be explicitly defined and focus on whether participants received new resources and whether their social needs were addressed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35078672
AN - SCOPUS:85123376130
SN - 0749-3797
VL - 62
SP - e303-e315
JO - American journal of preventive medicine
JF - American journal of preventive medicine
IS - 5
ER -