WeCare

Domains: Economic Stability
Education
Neighborhood and Physical Environment
Food
Constructs: Employment
Medical Bills
High School Graduation
Safety, Crime and Violence
Quality of Housing
Hunger/Food (In)security
Year Created: 2007
Number of Items: 10
Administration Time (Minutes): 5
Administration Setting: Pediatrics
Primary Care
Population Screened: Children
Administration Methods: Paper
Verbal

About the Tool

WeCare is a 10-item questionnaire assessing needs in 4 domains (economic stability, education, neighborhood & physical environment, and food).

Read about development of the tool:
Improving the management of family psychosocial problems at low-income children's well-child care visits: the WE CARE Project

Related Articles

Garg A, Butz AM, Dworkin PH, Lewis RA, Thompson RE, Serwint JR. Improving the management of family psychosocial problems at low-income children's well-child care visits: the WE CARE Project. Pediatr. 2007;120(3):547-58. 

Garg A, Butz AM, Dworkin PH, Lewis RA, Serwint RA. Screening for basic social needs at a medical home for low-income childrenClin Pediatr. 2009;48(1):32-6

Garg A, Sarkar S, Marino M, Onie R, Solomon BS. Linking urban families to community resources in the context of pediatric primary carePatient Educ Couns. 2010;79(2):251–4. 

Garg A, Toy S, Tripodis Y, Silverstein M, Freeman E. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Addressing social determinants of health at well child care visits: a cluster RCTPediatr 2015;135(2):e296-304.

Zielinski S, Paradis HA, Herendeen P, Barbel P. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Identification of Psychosocial Risk Factors Associated With Child Neglect Using the WE-CARE Screening Tool in a High-Risk Population. ​​​​​​​J Pediatr Health Care. 2017;31(4):470-5.

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