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Table 2 Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services (LINKS) Assessment Schedule

From: Protocol for LINKS (linking individual needs to community and clinical services): a prospective matched observational study of a community health worker community clinical linkage intervention on the U.S.-Mexico border

Assessment

Measures

Timing

Emotional Well-being Questionnaire

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System [42]

• Short Form 8 Health Survey [43]

• Social Support Inventory [44]

• State Hope Scale [45]

• Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [46]

0, 3, 6 months

Social Determinant of Health Needs (CHW follow-up visits)

• Resources needed

• Participant-driven utilization

• Issues addressed and reflections on participant well being

0–6 months

Clinical Data Collection (Electronic Health Records)

• Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)

• Body mass index (BMI)

• Blood pressure

• Blood lipid profile

-2 years; 3, 6 months; 1 year