Hi everyone,

I am a member of the team evaluating this income-security project
<http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/12/14/doctors_at_st_mikes_launch_project_to_address_root_causes_of_poor_health.html>
at St. Micheal's Family Medicine in Toronto.

We are also conducting a systematic review of studies of similar
interventions to improve income security (e.g. education about benefits,
advocating on behalf of patients). We are limiting our search to only
interventions based within health services. We hope to identify
peer-reviewed and gray literature reports. To date, we have identifying the
studies listed below.

If you are aware of any studies, I would be grateful if you contact me at
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With thanks and apologies for any cross posting,

Dan Raza
Family Physician, St. Micheal's Hospital (Toronto, Canada)
Lecturer, University of Toronto (Canada)

IDENTIFIED STUDIES (chronologically):

   - Paris JAG, Player D. Citizens' advice in general practice. Br Med J.
   1993 Jun 1993;306(6891):1518-20
   - Veitch T, Terry A. Citizens’ advice in general practice. Patients
   benefit from advice. British Medical Journal. 1993;307:262
   - Coppel,,D, H., Packham,,C, J., Varnam,,M, A. Providing welfare rights
   advice in primary care. PUBLIC HEALTH (NATURE). 1999 05;113(3):131-5.
   - Rosenheck R, Frisman L, Kasprow W. Improving access to disability
   benefits among homeless persons with mental illness: An agency-specific
   approach to services integration. Am J Public Health. 1999 04;89(4):524-8.
   - Abbott S, Hobby L. Welfare benefits advice in primary care: Evidence
   of improvements in health. Public Health. 2000 Sep;114(5):324-7.
   - Galvin K, Sharples A, Jackson D. Citizens advice bureaux in general
   practice: An illuminative evaluation. HEALTH SOC CARE COMMUNITY. 2000
   07;8(4):277-82
   - Sherratt M, Jones K, Middleton P. A citizens' advice service in
   primary care: Improving patient access to benefits. Primary Health Care
   Research & Development. 2000 Jul 2000;1(3):139-46.
   - Hoskins RA, Smith LN. Nurse-led welfare benefits screening in a
   general practice located in a deprived area. Public Health. 2002 Jul [cited
   20020627];116(4):214-20.
   - Reading R, Steel S, Reynolds S. Citizens advice in primary care for
   families with young children. Child Care Health Dev. 2002 Jan;28(1):39-45.
   - Frost-Gaskin M, O'Kelly R, Henderson C, Pacitti R. A welfare benefits
   outreach project to users of community mental health services. Int J Soc
   Psychiatry. 2003 Dec;49(4):251-63.
   - Toeg D, Mercer L, Iliffe S, Lenihan P. Proactive, targeted benefits
   advice for older people in general practice: A feasibility study. Health
   Soc Care Community. 2003 Mar;11(2):124-8.
   - Langley C, Memel DS, Kirwan JR, Pollock J, Hewlett S, Gubbay D, et al.
   Using the health assessment questionnaire and welfare benefits advice to
   help people disabled through arthritis to access financial support.
   Rheumatology. 2004 Jul 2004;43(7):863.
   - Moffatt M, Stacy R, Downey D, Hudson ESW. The impact of welfare advice
   in primary care: a qualitative study. Critical Public Health. 2004;14
   (3):295–319.
   - Powell JE, Langley C, Kirwan J, Gubbay D, Memel D, Pollock J, et al.
   Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in
   primary care and hospital settings: Set-up costs and monetary benefits.
   Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004 Sep;43(9):1167-72.
   - Abbott S, Hobby L. Poverty and Health: Primary care patients living at
   the interface. Health Education Journal. 2005. 64(4):363-371
   - Greasley P. Welfare advice in general practice: A resource for
   community nurses. Br J Community Nurs. 2005 Aug;10(8):368-72.
   - Greasley P, Small N. Providing welfare advice in general practice:
   Referrals, issues and outcomes. Health Soc Care Community. 2005
   May;13(3):249-58.
   - Hoskins R, Tobin J, McMaster K, Quinn T. Roll-out of a nurse-led
   welfare benefits screening service throughout the largest local health care
   co-operative in glasgow: An evaluation study. PUBLIC HEALTH (ELSEVIER).
   2005 10;119(10):853-61.
   - Abbott S, Hobby L, Cotter S. What is the impact on individual health
   of services in general practice settings which offer welfare benefits
   advice? Health and Social Care in the Community.2006;14(1):1–8.
   - Levy J, Payne M. Welfare rights advocacy in a specialist health and
   social care setting: A service audit. BR J SOC WORK. 2006 02;36(2):323-31.
   - Mackintosh J, White M,Howel D, Chadwick T, Moffatt S, Deverill M,
   Sandell A. Randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed
   via primary health care: pilot study. BMC Public Health 2006, 6:162
   - Moffatt S, Mackintosh J, White M, Howel D, Sandell A. The
   acceptability and impact of a randomised controlled trial of welfare rights
   advice accessed via primary health care: Qualitative study. BMC Public
   Health. 2006 Jun 21;6:163.
   - Fruin C, Pitt PI. Welfare benefit promotion within a district general
   hospital rheumatology centre: A joint project with the local citizens
   advice bureau. Musculoskeletal Care. 2008 Dec [cited 20081229];6(4):211-9.
   - Moffatt S, Scambler G. Can welfare-rights advice targeted at older
   people reduce social exclusion? Ageing and Society. 2008 Jun
   2008;28(6):875-99.
   - Moffatt S, Mackintosh J. Older people's experience of proactive
   welfare rights advice: Qualitative study of a south asian community.
   ETHNICITY HEALTH. 2009 02;14(1):5-25.
   - Moffatt S, Noble E, Exley C. "Done more for me in a fortnight than
   anybody done in all me life." how welfare rights advice can help people
   with cancer. BMC Health Services Research. 2010;10(1):259.
   - Burrows J, Baxter S, Baird W, Hirst J, Goyder E. Citizens advice in
   primary care: A qualitative study of the views and experiences of service
   users and staff. PUBLIC HEALTH (ELSEVIER). 2011 10;125(10):704-10.
   - Moffatt S, Noble E, White M. Addressing the financial consequences of
   cancer: Qualitative evaluation of a welfare rights advice service. PLoS
   ONE. 2012;7(8).
   - Krska J, Palmer S, Dalzell-Brown A, Nicholl P. Evaluation of welfare
   advice in primary care: effect on practice workload and prescribing for
   mental health. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2013; 14: 307–314
   - Naven L, Egan J. Addressing child poverty in Scotland: The role of
   nurses. Primary Health Care. 2013 June;23(5):16-22.

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