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Screening For Food Insecurity In A Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care, Rachel Foutz
Screening For Food Insecurity In A Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care, Rachel Foutz
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Problem: Screening for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including food insecurity (FI) should be done on a regular basis at a child’s pediatrician. Many children in the state of Missouri do not have a pediatrician or do not regularly see their pediatrician and are therefore never being screened for FI.
Methods: This observational descriptive quality improvement (QI) project utilized a prospective observational analysis to implement a voluntary FI screening tool in a pediatric only urgent care. The project sampled pediatric patients aged two days to 21 years of life. All participants were given local resources after completing the screening. The …
Screening For Social Determinants Of Health In A Comprehensive Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Clinic, Marie Turner
Screening For Social Determinants Of Health In A Comprehensive Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Clinic, Marie Turner
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Problem: Social determinants of health (SDOH) affect health outcomes across the lifespan. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends routine screening for SDOH. Poverty is a SDOH affecting health outcomes in children, especially in children with a chronic disease such as sickle cell disease (SCD). Children with sickle cell disease have a high burden of SDOH. This project sought to describe the SDOH barriers experienced by pediatric patients with SCD.
Methods: A descriptive survey/observational design, using a convenience sample of pediatric patients ages 0-19 years old in a comprehensive SCD clinic at a large, urban, Midwestern academic medical center was utilized …