TY - JOUR DO - 10.22454/PRiMER.2020.448665 VL - 4 DA - 2020/11/04 N2 - Introduction: Home visits can improve quality of care and health outcomes and provide a unique opportunity to learn more about patients’ social context and assess patients’ various social determinants of health (SDH). The objectives of this study were to assess patient self-reported SDH, resident reflections on patient social status, the utility of a SDH survey during home visits, and resident comfort levels addressing patient SDH. Methods: This was a mixed-methods pilot study utilizing patient self-reported data and open-ended reflection questions. Participants included adult patients aged more than 18 years from an urban safety-net clinic and family medicine residents who provide their care. Results: We received forty-two surveys from 42 home visits. Most patients were female (61.9%) and African-American (45.2%), aged from 25 to 88 years (mean=60.24). Top patient-reported SDH include transportation, paying bills, and food insecurity. Common themes of resident responses included positive utility of the survey for assessing patient SDH; variation in comfort level when inquiring about patient SDH with positive influence from prior experience, assistance from colleagues, or prior good relations with patients; and expressed intention to include SDH assessment in future practice. Conclusions: Residents recognized the value of assessing SDH during home visits and expressed intent to include it in future practice. Thorough assessment of patient SDH may help to craft a more robust and standardized system to prioritize patients who would most benefit from receiving home visits. PB - Society of Teachers of Family Medicine AU - Cline, Matthew AU - Pagels, Patti AU - Gimpel, Nora AU - Day, Philip G. L2 - http://journals.stfm.org/primer/2020/day-2020-0025 L1 - http://journals.stfm.org/media/3539/day-primer2020448665.pdf TI - Utilizing Home Visits to Assess Social Determinants of Health During Family Medicine Residency ER -