Harbor: Social Resources: Difference between revisions
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==Management== | ==Management== | ||
1. Refer to the Harbor Food pharmacy verbally (“Please come to the front of Harbor UCLA at the ED entrance Wednesday mornings to pick up food. | 1. Food Pharmacy: Refer them to the Harbor Food pharmacy verbally (“Please come to the front of Harbor UCLA at the ED entrance Wednesday mornings to pick up food. One box per person, until supplies run out) and | ||
include a Food Prescription by going to '''[Discharge]'''--> '''[Patient Education]''' tab on --> Select '''"Departmental"''' --> Search "Food" or click on '''"Food Pharmacy-HAR (Spanish/ English)"''' in the search results | include a printed Food Prescription by going to '''[Discharge]'''--> '''[Patient Education]''' tab on --> Select '''"Departmental"''' --> Search "Food" or click on '''"Food Pharmacy-HAR (Spanish/ English)"''' in the search results. | ||
==Disposition== | ==Disposition== | ||
Revision as of 23:28, 16 August 2020
Background
See below for a compilation of resources for Harbor patients facing social determinants of illness:
1. Food Pharmacy
2. Life Line Phones
3. One Degree
4. Whole Person Care
5. Violence/Trauma prevention
Evaluation
1. Evaluate for food insecurity via the Hunger Vital Sign questionnaire [1,2] (Positive if they answer Yes to either or both: “ Within the past 12 months we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.” “ Within the past 12 months the food we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t have money to get more.”)
Management
1. Food Pharmacy: Refer them to the Harbor Food pharmacy verbally (“Please come to the front of Harbor UCLA at the ED entrance Wednesday mornings to pick up food. One box per person, until supplies run out) and include a printed Food Prescription by going to [Discharge]--> [Patient Education] tab on --> Select "Departmental" --> Search "Food" or click on "Food Pharmacy-HAR (Spanish/ English)" in the search results.
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
< [1] Hager, E. R., Quigg, A. M., Black, M. M., Coleman, S. M., Heeren, T., Rose-Jacobs, R., Cook, J. T., Ettinger de Cuba, S. E., Casey, P. H., Chilton, M., Cutts, D. B., Meyers A. F., Frank, D. A. (2010). Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity. Pediatrics, 126(1), 26-32. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-3146.
[2] Gundersen C, Engelhard EE, Crumbaugh AS, Seligman HK. Brief assessment of food insecurity accurately identifies high-risk US adults. Public Health Nutr. 2017;20(8):1367-1371. doi:10.1017/S1368980017000180"