Assessing social determinants of health competencies among nurses

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nursing Outlook Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102380

Roxana C. Chicas , Christiana Reene , Autherine Abiri , Shankar Bhat , Rebekah Chance-Revels , Jill Hamilton , JoAnna Hillman , Jasmine Irish , Lalita Kaligotla , Quyen Phan , Nikki Rider , Carrie McDermott

{"title":"Assessing social determinants of health competencies among nurses","authors":"Roxana C. Chicas , Christiana Reene , Autherine Abiri , Shankar Bhat , Rebekah Chance-Revels , Jill Hamilton , JoAnna Hillman , Jasmine Irish , Lalita Kaligotla , Quyen Phan , Nikki Rider , Carrie McDermott","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102380","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Multiple national nursing organizations have advocated for improving health professionals' understanding of social determinants of health (SDOH) to enhance healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This project developed a self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate nursing professionals' self-perceptions of competencies in addressing SDOH, as few tools exist to measure this.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 690 nurses completed the 23-item questionnaire.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>In total, 690 nurses answered the SDOH self-assessment questionnaire. Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.99. Nurses reported the highest competencies in health literacy, access to primary care, and nutritious foods. The lowest competencies were in addressing immigration status, climate change, and civic participation.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>The questionnaire demonstrated high internal consistency and reliability, with variation observed across different SDOH topics. Targeted education is needed to improve knowledge in addressing the more challenging SDOH factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 2","pages":"Article 102380"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing Outlook","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029655425000338","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background

Multiple national nursing organizations have advocated for improving health professionals' understanding of social determinants of health (SDOH) to enhance healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.

Purpose

This project developed a self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate nursing professionals' self-perceptions of competencies in addressing SDOH, as few tools exist to measure this.

Methods

A total of 690 nurses completed the 23-item questionnaire.

Findings

In total, 690 nurses answered the SDOH self-assessment questionnaire. Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.99. Nurses reported the highest competencies in health literacy, access to primary care, and nutritious foods. The lowest competencies were in addressing immigration status, climate change, and civic participation.

Discussion

The questionnaire demonstrated high internal consistency and reliability, with variation observed across different SDOH topics. Targeted education is needed to improve knowledge in addressing the more challenging SDOH factors.

查看原文本刊更多论文

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Nursing Outlook 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

7.00%

发文量

109

审稿时长

25 days

期刊介绍： Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession. Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.