The Inherent Fallibility of Validated Screening Tools for Social Determinants of Health

Acad Pediatr. 2018 Mar;18(2):123-124. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.12.006. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

Authors

Arvin Garg¹, R Christopher Sheldrick², Paul H Dworkin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: arvin.garg@bmc.org.
² Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn; Office for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Conn.

PMID: 29274399
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.12.006

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MeSH terms

Clinical Decision-Making
Food Supply
Heating
Humans
Mass Screening*
Needs Assessment
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Social Determinants of Health*
Unemployment