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Validation of the SPARK Tool to collect demographic and social needs data in healthcare [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

income, housing) affect health, there is no standardized tool or approach in Canada for the routine collection of demographic and social information in healthcare settings. The SPARK Tool presents a validated tool which can serve as a standard for the systematic and routine collection of demographic and social needs data in health care.

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shared decision-making with users with complex care needs: a scoping review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

These factors influence decisions about healthcare and health services. Setting Any context across PCCNs healthcare services utilization. Context A number of patients have complex care needs that arise from interactions among multiple factors, such as multimorbidity, mental health issues, and social vulnerability.

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Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Conclusion: Super-utilization is an expanding concern within academic literature.

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Healthcare Gentrification and Access to Care Equity: Results From a Scoping Review [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Persons living under the poverty threshold are negatively affected by the gentrification of neighborhoods and the healthcare gentrification. Methods: This scoping review answered the following questions: To what extent has the concept of healthcare gentrification been described in the health literature?

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake. However, most vaccine hesitancy measurement tools have limited psychometric validation.

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Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: People living in precarious socio-economic conditions are at greater risk of developing mental and physical health disorders, and of having complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Appropriate care for these people calls for integrated care from the healthcare, social services, and community networks.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. MBC can and should be applied to all models of integrated healthcare, current or emerging. 3, 4) Why is MBC important?