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Moving the Advance Care Planning Needle With Community Health Workers

, 2017
This issue of Medical Care presents a study by Litzelman et al,1“Impact of community health workers on elderly patients’ advance care planning and health care utilization:moving the dial,” that reports the results of an innovative model at the Indiana ...
Calista, Joanne, Tjia, Jennifer
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The community health apprentices project-the outcomes of an intermediate labour market project in the community health sector [PDF]

, 2011
This paper reports on the outcomes of the Community Health Apprentices Project, an intermediate labour market (ILM) project delivered in two neighbouring areas of Bradford, England. The project was illustrative of current UK policy in its attempt to both
Jackson, KL, South, J, Warwick-Booth, L, Jane South, Katherine L. Jackson, Louise Warwick-Booth   +5 more
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Fidelity of HIV programme implementation by community health workers in rural Mopani district, South Africa: a community survey

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background South Africa has implemented a community health programme delivered by community health workers (CHWs) to strengthen primary healthcare services.
Nireshni Naidoo, Jean P. Railton, Sellina N. Khosa, Nthabiseng Matlakala, Gert Marincowitz, James A. McIntyre, Helen E. Struthers, Jude Igumbor, Remco P. H. Peters   +8 more
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Profound Leadership Strategies: Transcending the Leadership Crisis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the evolving role of organizational leadership amidst the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). It explores a broadly experienced and documented crisis in leadership, due in part to the disruptive nature of AI and emerging technology.
Rachel Wlodarsky, Davin Carr Chellman
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 more
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Reconciling organisational intent and local strategies an in-depth study of health workers in an urban leprosy project in India [PDF]

, 2009
There is growing interest in health systems research and implementation studies within public health, yet there is little in-depth research being carried out on the front-line health workers who implement interventions in the field. This study aims to
Harris, Kristine
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A qualitative study exploring the role of community health workers in promoting maternal postpartum mental health in Nicaragua

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2019
# Background The objectives of this qualitative study were to examine perceptions of maternal postpartum distress among community health workers and mothers living in rural Nicaragua; and to identify the role of community health workers (CHWs) in ...
Anna Steeves-Reece, Nicole Yuan, Linda Green   +2 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
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Economic value of Aboriginal community controlled health services [PDF]

, 2014
Summary: This report provides evidence that Aboriginal health services run by Aboriginal people:   Provide jobs for more than 3,200 Aboriginal people (over 5,000 in total) and are the main source of  Aboriginal employment in many communities;
Katrina Alford
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Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
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