Sanjidah Ahmed
Research Mentor(s): Minal Patel
Mentor Department: Health Behavior & Health Education
Authors: Sanjidah Ahmed, Victoria Davis, Denise Anthony, Minal Patel
Session: Session 5 (2:00pm – 2:50pm)
Presentation Type: Poster 17
Abstract
Introduction Health outcomes are heavily influenced by larger social and financial contexts. Consequently, individuals who have unmet social needs (e.g., food insecurity, unstable housing, poverty, social isolation), are more likely to experience poor health outcomes (e.g., chronic diseases, disability, premature mortality). Thus, it is important to gain a better understanding of how community organizations, such as food banks, shelters, or social services, can collaborate with hospitals and healthcare systems to address the social needs of underserved patients. Objective The objective of this scoping review is to examine research on collaborations between U.S healthcare systems and non-healthcare community organizations for the purpose of providing social services to individuals. Specifically, this review will explore the facilitators, barriers, and outcomes of these partnerships. Method To conduct this scoping review, databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature related to non-healthcare community organization partnerships with hospitals and healthcare systems. These include articles published by the year 2025 from PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, PsychInfo, and Web of Science. PRISMA-ScR will be used for reporting. Two reviewers will evaluate the articles for inclusion or exclusion through abstract and title screening and full text screening using Covidence, and then will utilize a data extraction spreadsheet to record data. Future Results and Discussion This scoping review will help provide a cohesive review of the methods, facilitators, barriers, and outcomes of partnerships between healthcare organizations/hospitals and non-healthcare community organizations to address patients’ unmet social needs. The results and data extracted from this scoping review can help inform the development of additional research in this field, future partnerships, and innovative methods to deliver social resources to individuals.
