TORONTO — A menu of options helped providers identify families’ desire for social resources better than a screening tool, according to findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
Researchers randomly assigned nearly 4,000 adult caregivers of pediatric patients in one ED and two primary care clinics to use either a traditional social risk screening tool, a resource menu or no assessment to determine their desire for social resources.
Participants using the resource menu were 9.4% more likely to request resources than those using the screening tool, the study found.
“We’re looking to detect desire for social resources among our families in the pediatric setting,” Danielle Cullen, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a health services and health policy researcher at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told Healio.
In the above video, Cullen describes the study and what it found.
References:
Cullen D, et al. Socially equitable care by understanding resource engagement (SECURE): A pragmatic RCT. Presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting; May 2-6, 2024; Toronto.
