Purpose: Though a growing crop of health care reforms aims to encourage health care-
based social screening, no literature has synthesized existing social screening …

Objective: To evaluate how and from where social risk data are extracted from EHRs for
research purposes, and how observed differences may impact study generalizability …

Evidence is needed about how to effectively support health care providers in implementing
screening for social risks (adverse social determinants of health) and providing related …

Objective To describe the national rate of social risk factor screening adoption among
federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), examine organizational factors associated with …

Background: Health systems are increasingly recognizing the importance of collecting social
determinants of health (SDoH) data. However, gaps remain in our understanding of …

Introduction Screening for food insecurity in clinical settings is recommended, but
implementation varies widely. This study evaluated the prevalence of screening for food …

Introduction Social risks (eg, food/transportation insecurity) can hamper type 2 diabetes
mellitus (T2DM) self-management, leading to poor outcomes. To determine the extent to …

Background The District of Columbia (DC) has striking disparities in maternal and infant
outcomes comparing Black to White women and babies. Social determinants of health …

Objectives Stressful life events, such as going through divorce, can have an important
impact on human health. However, there are challenges in capturing these events in …

Health care organizations are increasingly documenting patients for social risk factors in
structured data. Two main approaches to documentation, ICD-10 Z codes and screening …