Can community health surveyors help clinics reach patients who are often overlooked?

This completed trial tested whether a community health surveyor could help collect social and demographic information from adult primary care patients who are hard to reach due to factors like low income or housing instability. About 760 patients were assigned to either usual care or extra support from a surveyor who contacted them by phone. The goal was to see if this outreach increased completion of a health equity questionnaire, which could help clinics better address social barriers to health.