Centering the role of community health workers in social risk screening, referral, and follow-up within the primary care setting
Our findings demonstrate the importance of organizational tools, such as process mapping, to assist primary care settings in evaluating internal processes for quality improvement in addressing social risk and in effectively integrating the CHW workforce. Subsequent research will evaluate rates of social risk screening, referral, and follow-up within all of Arizona's FQHCs and propose models for CHW integration to address social risk in primary care and strengthen social risk screening reach and effectiveness.
Authors
- Kiran Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-8114)
- Scott C. Carvajal
- María Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-2095)
- Maia Ingram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6517-7697)
- Erin Dougherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-3673)
- Emily K. Larson
- Ada M. Wilkinson‐Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0203-4792)
- Vanessa Guzman
- A D Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5387-7547)
Institutions
- Library of Congress (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Optical Sciences (United States) (US)
- Universidad del Valle (NI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02590-3
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention