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Poster Session 4

Category: Health Equity/Community Health

Poster Session 4

(1257) Statewide prevalence of screening for unmet social needs across prenatal clinics and associated clinic characteristics

Thursday, February 12, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM  
Objective:
A new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Clinical Consensus for Tailored Prenatal Care recommends a comprehensive needs assessment at the beginning of pregnancy, including systematically screening for unmet social needs with a standardized tool. We describe the rates of systematic social needs screening in a sample of Michigan prenatal clinics, and the clinic characteristics associated with systematic screening.

Study Design:

Prenatal clinics in Michigan were identified through web searches and snowball sampling. Semi-structured surveys were completed with a clinical and administrative lead for 58 clinics to assess their clinic practices for tailored prenatal care components, including systematic screening for unmet social needs. We assessed characteristics of clinics that did and did not use systematic screening, including clinic structure (Federally Qualified Health Centers, outpatient clinics linked to hospitals, and private practices) and clinic patient volume, using Fisher’s exact tests of comparison.

Results:

Of the 58 clinics represented, 51 (51/58, 88%) screened for unmet social needs, with 42 (42/58, 72%) utilizing a standardized screening tool. Clinic structure was associated with systematic screening for unmet social needs (p = 0.004), with higher rates for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and clinics linked with hospitals. Clinic patient volume was not associated with systematic screening (p = 0.9).

Conclusion:

Many prenatal clinics in Michigan systematically screen patients for unmet social needs. Some clinics, such as FQHCs and outpatient clinics linked to hospitals, may have more robust infrastructure for completing systematic screening. Further work is needed to identify context specific supports needed to implement social needs screening for tailoring prenatal care.