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Awareness and use of a community health worker program among racial/ethnic minority adults in Philadelphia: Results from a cross‐sectional community health survey

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community health workers (CHW) programs are effective at reducing hospitalizations, improving mental health, and supporting health‐promoting behaviors. Research suggests awareness and use of CHW services remain uneven across communities nationally.
Stephen Bonett, Carmen Alvarez, José Bauermeister, Ashley Clemmons, Hyunmin Yu, Andy S. L. Tan, Terri H. Lipman, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their ...
Marybeth Shinn, Emma J. Sacks, Kayla Fike   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reform and equity in the access to and use of health services in bogotá, colombia

, 2001
In the present study we intended to evaluate the impact of the transformation of the national health system into the Social Security Health System upon the equity in access to health services as well as their use and quality. We interpreted equity as the equal opportunity for all people of gaining real access to health services. A cross-sectional study
Martínez, Patricia, Rodríguez, Luis A., Agudelo Calderón, Carlos Alberto   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the Civic Capacity Index

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee, David Chrislip, Patti Schmitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Filling the gap: equity and access to oral health services for minorities and the underserved.

Family medicine, 1998
Family physicians and other primary care providers play a pivotal role in preventing oral disease, especially among minority and underserved populations who have limited access to dental services and poorer oral health status. Oral diseases/conditions, such as caries, baby bottle tooth decay, gingivitis, periodontitis, oral pharyngeal malignancies, and
M A, Drum, D W, Chen, R E, Duffy
openaire   +1 more source

The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
wiley   +1 more source

The International Consortium for Arthrogryposis: A Collaborative Framework for Early Detection, Care, Research, and Education

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a group of rare congenital conditions, characterized by multiple joint contractures but may involve any body system including central nervous system. AMC is etiologically heterogeneous, with over 400 genetic and many non‐genetic causes implicated in its prenatal development.
Shahrzad Nematollahi, Noa Bouzaglo, Victoria Castillo Sanchez, Johanna I. P. de‐Vries, Klaus Dieterich, Alicja Fafara, Isabel Filges, Philip Giampietro, Göknur Haliloğlu, Judith Hall, Coleman Hilton, Remco Jansen, Valentina Maestri, Carolina Navalon, Daniel Natera de Benito, Tony Pan, Ani Samargian, Bonita Sawatzky, Harold van Bosse, Paul A. Trainor, Noémi Dahan‐Oliel   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia

International Journal for Equity in Health
Objectives To explore the perceptions that Colombians have about voluntary private health insurance plans (VPHI) in the health system to identify the tensions that exist between the public and private systems.
Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Juan Esteban González-Arango, Juan Carlos Velásquez-Correa, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Pamela Velásquez-Salazar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source