The Social Interventions Research and Education Network (SIREN) team, led by FCM's Laura Gottlieb, Danielle Hessler-Jones, and Caroline Fitchenberg, held its third national research conference in February and served as Guest Editors of two Health Services Research special issues, highlighting the latest in social care in the healthcare sector:
- Health Services Research: Volume 60, Issue S1
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care
- Health Services Research: Volume 60, Issue S3
Social Care and the US Health Care Sector
The issues, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, are jam-packed with work exploring how health care systems, CBOs, and social service agencies are aiming to improve health by assessing patient- and population-level social risks and attending to identified needs.
Social care research aspires to address inequities, but achieving this requires researchers to deepen their partnerships with individuals and communities impacted by social needs and interventions. As one part of this larger movement, in partnership with the Patient Advocate Foundation, SIREN has been able to bring lived experience to this special issue through community members’ review of abstracts and full-length manuscripts. The SIREN team are incredibly grateful to the community members who helped shape the work in this special issue. More details about this process here.