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Identify Non-Medical Needs Driving Adverse Health Outcomes

MSHIELD provides practical tools, guides, and other resources to support health care organizations in addressing non-medical factors that influence health and health care. Resources cover topics such as data collection, screening and identification of non-medical needs, implementation strategies, communications, and the use of community-level data to inform quality improvement efforts.

The library is designed to support providers, quality improvement teams, and community partners as they explore and implement approaches that strengthen care and improve health outcomes.

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Recommended Screening Tool

Within the past 12 months, we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more. [Often true, Sometimes true, Never true]
Within the past 12 months, the food we bought just didn't last and we didn't have money to get more.
[Often true, Sometimes true, Never true]
What is your living situation today? [Choose one]
- I have a steady place to live
- I have a place to live today, but I am worried about losing it in the future
- I do not have a steady place to live (I am temporarily staying with others, in a hotel, in a shelter, living outside on the street, on a beach, in a car, abandoned building, bus or train station, or in a park)
Think about the place you live. Do you have problems with any of the following? [Choose all that apply]
- Pests such as bugs, ants, or mice
- Mold
- Lead paint or pipes
- Lack of heat
- Oven or stove not working
- Smoke detectors missing or not working
In the past 12 months, has lack of reliable transportation kept you from medical appointments, meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living? [Yes/No]
In the past 12 months has the electric, gas, oil, or water company threatened to shut off services in your home [Yes, No, Already shut off]
Do you feel physically and emotionally safe where you currently live? [Yes, No, Unsure]

This tool is free to use

Other Screening Tools for Identifying Non-Medical Needs

Several screening tools have been developed to assess multiple domains of patients’ individual non-medical needs that drive adverse health outcomes and are summarized by the Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network (SIREN):
sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/tools-resources/resources/screening-tools-comparison

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