Importance Evidence-based guidance is limited on how clinicians should screen for social
risk factors and which interventions related to these risk factors improve health outcomes …

COVID-19 has disrupted food access and impacted food insecurity, which is associated with
numerous adverse individual and public health outcomes. To assess these challenges and …

The social determinants of health (SDoH) are defined by the World Health Organization as
the “conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” Within pediatrics …

The language of the social determinants of health is currently in vogue in US health care.
Yet the same words and concepts, such as social determinants of health and population …

Importance Health care organizations are increasingly incorporating social risk screening
into patient care. Studies have reported wide variations in patients' interest in receiving …

Evaluations of health care–based screening programs for social risks often report that a
relatively small proportion of patients screening positive for social risk factors are interested …

Spurred by accumulated evidence documenting how social determinants of health shape
health outcomes as well as the push for better value, the healthcare sector is embracing …

Background Despite the growing interest in screening for food insecurity in the clinical
setting, little evidence exists regarding screening formats that maximize disclosure and …

In 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with standard-setting
organizations such astheNationalCommitteeforQualityAssurance (NCQA) and The Joint …

Objectives. To test the diagnostic accuracy of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
recommended food insecurity screener. Methods. We conducted prospective diagnostic …