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A learning community approach to identifying interventions in health systems to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities. [PDF]

, 2018
Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the United States has been increasing, screening rates are not optimal, and there are persistent disparities in CRC screening and mortality, particularly among minority patients.
DiCarlo, Melissa, Fleisher, Linda, Lambert, Emily, Man, Lillian C., Myers, Ronald, Romney, Martha, Sifri, Randa   +6 more
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Community-based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention in noncommunicable diseases: A narrative review

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2018
PURPOSE: Noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention is emerging as a public health priority in developing countries. For better health outcome in these countries, it is necessary to understand the different community-based interventions developed and ...
Phinse Mappalakayil Philip, Srinivasan Kannan, Neetu Ambali Parambil   +2 more
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Protocol for community-driven selection of strategies to implement evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdoses in the HEALing Communities Study: a trial to evaluate a community-engaged intervention in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Opioid-involved overdose deaths continue to surge in many communities, despite numerous evidence-based practices (EBPs) that exist to prevent them.
Bruce David Rapkin, April M Young, Michael S Lyons, Emmanuel Oga, Jennifer L Brown, Michelle Lofwall, Sharon L Walsh, Timothy Hunt, Linda S Sprague Martinez, Redonna Chandler, T John Winhusen, Trevor Baker, Tracy Battaglia, Rachel Bowers-Sword, Amy Button, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Laura Fanucchi, Patricia Freeman, LaShawn M Glasgow, Jennifer Gulley, Charles Kendell, Maria Quinn, Hilary L Surratt   +22 more
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Ethical Challenges of Randomized Violence Intervention Trials: Examining the SHARE intervention in Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2016
ObjectiveWe identify complexities encountered, including unanticipated crossover between trial arms and inadequate 'standard of care' violence services, during a cluster randomized trial (CRT) of a community-level intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV ...
Nalugoda, Fred, Namatovu, Fredinah, Paul, Amy, Ssekubugu, Robert, Wagman, Jennifer A   +4 more
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Key recruitment and retention strategies for a pilot web-based intervention to decrease obesity risk among minority youth

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2019
Background Interactive Nutrition Comics for Urban Minority Youth (Intervention INC) is an innovative, web-based interactive comic tool for dietary self-management, which aims to decrease obesity risk among urban minority preadolescents.
Grisselle DeFrank, Sarina Singh, Katrina F. Mateo, Laura Harrison, Alyson Rosenthal, Allison Gorman, May May Leung   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leading from the frontlines: community-oriented approaches for strengthening vaccine delivery and acceptance

BMC Proceedings, 2023
Background Although immunization is one of the most successful public health interventions, vaccine hesitancy and the COVID-19 pandemic have strained health systems, contributing to global reductions in immunization coverage. Existing literature suggests
Baldeep K. Dhaliwal, Rajeev Seth, Betty Thankachen, Yawar Qaiyum, Svea Closser, Tyler Best, Anita Shet   +6 more
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An asthma collaboration to reduce childhood asthma disparities on the Navajo Nation: Trial protocol for the Community Asthma Program

Public Health in Practice, 2022
Navajo children disproportionately experience poor asthma outcomes. Following a one-year community engagement period with key stakeholders from the Navajo Nation, the Community Asthma Program (CAP) was created using evidenced based programs with the goal
A.A. Lowe, B. Simmons, P. Nez, E. Begay, A. Liu, D. King, J.K. Gerald, Kobernick Aaron, Patrick Wightman, Teshia Solomon, Jim Crooks, H. Phan, W. Morgan, B. Bender, L.B. Gerald   +14 more
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Applying the COM-B model to creation of an IT-enabled health coaching and resource linkage program for low-income Latina moms with recent gestational diabetes: the STAR MAMA program. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND:One of the fastest growing risk groups for early onset of diabetes is women with a recent pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes, and for this group, Latinas are the largest at-risk group in the USA.
Althavale, Priyanka, Fisher, Lawrence, Gonzalez-Mendez, Enrique, Handley, Margaret A, Harleman, Elizabeth, Ko, Jocelyn, Martinez, Diana, Rios, Christina, Sausjord, Isabel, Stotland, Naomi E   +9 more
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Women's health groups to improve perinatal care in rural Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2005
Background Neonatal mortality rates are high in rural Nepal where more than 90% of deliveries are in the home. Evidence suggests that death rates can be reduced by interventions at community level.
Manandhar Dharma, Manandhar Madan, Shrestha Bhim, Osrin David, Mesko Natasha, Tamang Suresh, Morrison Joanna, Standing Hilary, Costello Anthony   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Intervention Strategies for Distressed Communities

CoRR, 2016
Presented at the Data For Good Exchange ...
openaire   +2 more sources