Community health workers play an integral role in identifyin

Community health workers play an integral role in identifying patients' social needs


Community health workers play an integral role in identifying patients' social needs
Addressing patients' health-related social needs, like housing and food security, is integral to patient care. Federally Qualified Health Centers are leaders in screening for and addressing patients' health-related social needs. However, screening practices vary. This variation is relatively unexplored, particularly with regards to organizational and state policy influences. Study authors conducted in-person, qualitative interviews at Michigan FQHCs to examine how screening approaches vary in the context of statewide social needs screening initiatives and structural factors. They identified four themes:
1) Statewide initiatives and local leadership drove variation in screening practices.

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