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Intensifying Community Referrals for Health: The SINCERE Intervention to Address Health Disparities

Award Number: R01NR019944
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/14/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2026

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Intensifying Community Referrals for Health: The SINCERE Intervention to Address Health Disparities - Communities across the globe have faced significant challenges due to widespread economic stability, strained healthcare systems and growing health disparities. Community service providers report steady increases in calls for resources—such as food, housing, and transportation—placing additional strain on health systems. There is a critical need to identify how to overcome barriers to accessing community services, particularly for individuals with limited resources. Our program of research has successfully leveraged existing, low-cost technology to conduct social needs screening during emergency department (ED) care, followed by referral through United Way 211’s community service system and data exchange between platforms. This approach shows promise for understanding and meeting the needs of patients with unmet social needs during the pandemic. Findings from a recent sample of approximately 5,000 patients screened during ED visits, along with qualitative data from service providers, 211 specialists, ED staff, and patients, indicate that effectively addressing social needs requires targeted strategies to build trust and facilitate outreach. Using a pragmatic trial approach in a sample of 1,500 patients screened for social needs at ED, clinic, and mobile care sites, this real-world efficacy (NIH Stage 3) study aims to determine whether use of community services improves health outcomes, and whether random assignment to intensive follow-up and collaborative goal setting increases service utilization. We hypothesize that patients who use community services to meet social needs—defined as needs related to transportation, food, utilities, and medical expenses—will experience improved health outcomes, and that those engaged in collaborative goal setting with a 211 specialist will be more likely to access services. Understanding how to address the social, mental, and physical effects of economic hardship is essential to reducing health disparities and strengthening the capacity of health systems to respond to community needs.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	001	4	8/26/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	000	4	12/6/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $546,104 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	003	4	5/22/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	002	4	4/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$546,104
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	001	3	4/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2022	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	000	2	4/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $546,104

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $724,311 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	001	3	4/6/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	000	3	3/31/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$724,311
														Subtotal = $724,311

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $742,753 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	000	2	4/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$742,753
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	001	2	4/15/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $742,753

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $697,753 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE	201 PRESIDENTS CIR	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Nursing Research	000	1	5/14/2021	NEW	$697,753
														Subtotal = $697,753

Grand Total All Awards = $2,710,921

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Intensifying Community Referrals for Health: The SINCERE Intervention to Address Health Disparities

Award Number: R01NR019944

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/14/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2026

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