title: Nurse's Desk: food bank-based outreach and screening to decrease unmet referral needs.
abstract: The Nurse's Desk health screening project used the Intervention Wheel model to conduct outreach, screening, education, and referral for food bank clients (n = 506). Blood glucose, blood pressure, health care utilization, and unmet referral needs were assessed. Screening results identified 318 clients (62.8%) with 1 or more unmet referral needs, including 6 clients (3.16%) with capillary blood glucose more than 199 mg/dL and 132 (31.9%) with hypertension. Clients had higher-than-average systolic and diastolic blood pressures and undiagnosed diabetes than in the general population. A client-approved method for tracking completed referrals is needed for this potentially high-risk population.
authors.affiliation: Montana State University College of Nursing, Bozeman. llarsson@montana.edu
authors.forename: Laura S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005523:Food Supply; D006293:Health Promotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*