Background: Urban, underserved populations experience considerable disparities in the
screening, prevention, and treatment of chronic disease, including behavioral health …

Introduction: Behavioral health disorders remain under recognized and under diagnosed
among urban primary care patients. Screening patients for such problems is widely …

BACKGROUND: Screening rates in primary care for single behavioral health risk factors are
widely documented. However, such risk factors cluster in individuals and populations. This …

Objectives Real world implementation of proactive screening and brief intervention in health
care is threatened by high cost. Using e‐health interventions and screening for multiple …

Background Screening of primary care patients for unhealthy behaviors and mental health
issues is recommended by numerous governing bodies internationally, yet evidence …

The concept of behavioral risk refers to health behaviors that increase the likelihood of a
variety of illness conditions. With increased scientific research, it has become clear that this …

Context: Individuals experiencing mental health disorders face worse outcomes and
reduced life expectancies. While primary care practices see the largest numbers of patients …

Background: Many community health centers (CHC) are scaling social risk screening in
response to growing awareness of the influence of social adversity on health outcomes and …

Abstract The United States' healthcare system is currently the most expensive in the world.
While there are many contributors to high healthcare costs, one of the major sources has …

Context: Numerous professional societies recommend screening patients for social risk
factors because unmet social needs (USNs) negatively impact health outcomes. Studies …