Event Start/Stop Date and Time
August 31, 2025 8:00 AM - September 1, 2027 8:00 AM EDT
Check-in Date and Time
August 31, 2025 8:00 AM EDT
Location
Northwest AHEC Online and Blended Learning
Your device, quiet location, reliable Internet
Target Audience
Nurses, advance practice providers, socials workers, and any other healthcare professional interested in learning about screening and intervening for unmet social needs.
Event Description
Everyone deserves to live their healthiest life. Unmet social needs impact health outcomes more than clinical interventions. The National Academy of Medicine, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services and the World Health Organization have long advocated that screening for these needs be integrated into clinical settings but barriers exist. This course provides tools, resources and recommendations to support practice teams to screen and facilitate intervening to meet these needs.
Objectives
- Compare evidence-based screening tools to assess social determinants of health.
- Identify gaps between what questions you are already asking and those to consider asking to better serve your community.
- Recognize value of team members in screening and addressing social needs of patients.
- Implement (and refine as needed) processes for screening, documenting and tracking social needs data.
Session Credits
Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, participants are encouraged to review our Credit Glossary (opens in new tab) for general information. Please note that not all credit types are available for every program.
Presenter(s)
- Leslie McDowell, DNP, ANP-BC, RN
Session Details
Implementing Screening and Intervening for Unmet Social Needs
August 31, 2025 8:00 AM - September 1, 2027 8:00 AM EDT
Check-in: August 31, 2025 8:00 AM EDT
Everyone deserves to live their healthiest life. Unmet social needs impact health outcomes more than clinical interventions. The National Academy of Medicine, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services and the World Health Organization have long advocated that screening for these needs be integrated into clinical settings but barriers exist. This course provides tools, resources and recommendations to support practice teams to screen and facilitate intervening to meet these needs.
