Table 2.

Social determinants of health screening, community health worker referrals, and success in obtaining needed social service resources.

Patient characteristics		Completed screening (n=45)	No social needs identified (not referred; n=25)a	Community health worker referral consultations (n=16)b,c
				Successful in obtaining social service resources (n=8)	Unsuccessful in obtaining social service resources (n=8)
Age (years), mean (SD)		60 (5.7)	60 (5.1)	58 (6.5)	54.5 (6.6)
Sex, n (%)
	Male	19 (42)	13 (52)	2 (25)	1 (13)
	Female	26 (58)	12 (48)	6 (75)	7 (88)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)
	Hispanic	21 (47)	8 (32)	5 (63)	6 (75)
	Non-Hispanic Black	16 (36)	12 (48)	1 (3)	2 (25)
	Non-Hispanic White	2 (4)	1 (4)	1 (3)	0 (0)
	Non-Hispanic	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (3)	0 (0)
	Asian or Pacific Islander	1 (2)	1 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Other or unknown	4 (9)	3 (12)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Preferred spoken language, n (%)
	English	34 (69)	21 (84)	4 (50)	5 (62)
	Spanish	14 (31)	4 (16)	4 (50)	3 (38)

^aPatients who responded to all of the social needs questions were not referred to the community health worker.

^bA total of 3 patients were lost to follow-up or did not report having social needs during the community health worker assessment; therefore, they were not included in the analysis.

^cOne patient expressed concerns regarding personal safety, was referred to the social worker rather than the community health worker, and was excluded from the analysis.