Navigating the Journey From Hospital to Help: Family Perspectives on Overcoming Barriers to Connecting With Resources to Address Social Needs
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Families need ongoing hospital support to connect with community resources for social needs after their child
Area Of Science
- Pediatric Health Outcomes
- Social Determinants of Health
- Healthcare Access and Equity
Background
- Hospitals screen for social needs impacting child health.
- Effective screening contrasts with challenges in linking families to community resources post-discharge.
- Understanding these barriers is crucial for improving care coordination.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate barriers families encounter when accessing social needs resources after pediatric hospital discharge.
- To gather caregiver recommendations for enhancing resource connection and support systems.
Main Methods
- Semistructured interviews with English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of hospitalized children with social needs.
- Conducted at a quaternary care hospital from October 2024 to January 2025.
- Thematic analysis of professionally transcribed interviews.
Main Results
- Identified key barriers: feeling overwhelmed, slow access, poor communication, and mismatched referrals.
- Caregivers recommended humanistic, longitudinal, timely, and needs-matched social support.
- Spanish-speaking caregivers emphasized the need for hands-on, in-person assistance to overcome language and access barriers.
Conclusions
- Families require sustained post-discharge support to navigate social needs resource connection.
- Tailored, in-person support is vital, particularly for overcoming language barriers.
- Findings guide the development of effective social needs support strategies in pediatric healthcare.
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