Six Social Risk Factors Associated With Decreased Odds Of Receiving Preventive Care Services

People with one or more of six social risk factors were less likely to receive preventive care. The social risk factors included economic instability, lack of community, education deficit, food insecurity, social isolation, and lack of access to care. The preventive care services investigated included mammography, Papanicolaou test (Pap smear), colonoscopy, influenza vaccine, and pneumococcal vaccine.

The association with social risk was cumulative, with the odds of receiving preventive care decreasing with each additional domain. For each increase in the count of a person’s social risks, the likelihood of receiving a mammogram declined by 26%, the likelihood of receiving . . .