Publications by authors named "Victoria A Winslow"
Background: Unmet social and caregiving needs can make caregiving for a person with dementia more difficult. Although national policy encourages adoption of systematic screening for health-related social risks (HRSRs) in clinical settings, the accuracy of these risk-based screening tools for detecting unmet social needs is unknown.
Methods: We used baseline data from dementia caregivers (N = 343) enrolled in a randomized controlled trial evaluating CommunityRx-Dementia, a social care intervention conducted on Chicago's South Side.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated how health-related socioeconomic vulnerability (HRSV) affected smoking patterns among U.S. women at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that nearly 48% of current smokers increased their smoking.
- - Women experiencing new or worsening HRSVs, such as financial strain and food insecurity, had significantly higher odds of smoking more, with specific odds ratios indicating a strong correlation.
- - Anxiety and depression symptoms were found to partially mediate the relationship between increased smoking and worsening HRSVs, suggesting that addressing these mental health issues could help mitigate smoking increases during health crises.
Unlabelled: Cancer treatment can trigger or exacerbate health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSR; food/housing insecurity, transportation/utilities difficulties, and interpersonal violence). The American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute recommend HRSR screening and referral, but little research has examined the perceptions of patients with cancer on the appropriateness of HRSR screening in healthcare settings. We examined whether HRSR status, desire for assistance with HRSRs, and sociodemographic and health care-related factors were associated with perceived appropriateness of HRSR screening in health care settings and comfort with HRSR documentation in electronic health records (EHR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNearly half of U.S. women experienced new or worsening health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs) (food, housing, utilities and transportation difficulties, and interpersonal violence) early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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