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Mobile health clinic model in the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and opportunities for policy changes and innovation

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Mobile Clinics represent an untapped resource for our healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated its limitations. Mobile health clinic programs in the US already play important, albeit under-appreciated roles in the healthcare ...
Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, Rigoberto Delgado, Aditi Gupta, Jennifer Bennet, Nancy E. Oriol, Sachin H. Jain   +5 more
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Medicinal plants in atlas mapping [PDF]

InterCarto. InterGIS, 2020
Medicinal plants are an important natural resource of the country, used for medicine and healthcare needs. Cartographic study of the natural resource potential of medicinal plants remains an actual proposal for contemporary ecological geographical and resource researches.
Svetlana Malkhazova, Tatiana Kotova, Nadezhda Leonova, Inessa Miklyaeva   +3 more
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A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Effective treatment has extended the life expectancy and reduced disability in people living with HIV (PLWH). However, previous research has found 45–65% of working-age PLWH were unemployed compared to 5–10% in the general public of North ...
Melissa Perri, Amy-Craig Neil, Mark Gaspar, Charlotte Hunter, Claire Kendall, Ower Alexander, Andrew D. Pinto   +6 more
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Correction to: A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Melissa Perri, Amy Craig-Neil, Mark Gaspar, Charlotte Hunter, Claire Kendall, Ower Alexander, Andrew D. Pinto   +6 more
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Screening for poverty and related social determinants to improve knowledge of and links to resources (SPARK): development and cognitive testing of a tool for primary care

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Healthcare organizations are increasingly exploring ways to address the social determinants of health. Accurate data on social determinants is essential to identify opportunities for action to improve health outcomes, to identify patterns of ...
Itunuoluwa Adekoya, Alannah Delahunty-Pike, Dana Howse, Leanne Kosowan, Zita Seshie, Eunice Abaga, Jane Cooney, Marjeiry Robinson, Dorothy Senior, Alexander Zsager, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Mandi Irwin, Lois Jackson, Alan Katz, Emily Marshall, Nazeem Muhajarine, Cory Neudorf, Andrew D. Pinto   +17 more
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Mapping the Landscape of Do-it-Yourself Medicine

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2022
The practice of medicine is typically conceptualized as remaining within the boundaries of a hospital or clinic. However, in recent years, patients have been able to gain access to information about medical research as it is ongoing. As a result, there has been a rise in do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, where individuals treat themselves for medical ...
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Effect of free medicine distribution on ability to make ends meet: post hoc quantitative subgroup analysis and qualitative thematic analysis

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Out-of-pocket medication costs can contribute to financial insecurity and many Canadians have trouble affording medicines. This study aimed to determine if the effect of eliminating out-of-pocket medication costs on individual’s financial ...
Nav Persaud, Hannah Woods, Ri Wang, Aine Workentin, Margaret Hess   +4 more
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Reducing Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Review and Synthesis of Public Health Recommendations

Public Health Reviews, 2022
Objectives: Efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic should take into account worsening health inequities. While many public health experts have commented on inequities, no analysis has yet synthesized recommendations into a guideline for practitioners ...
Chloe Brown, Chloe Brown, Katie Wilkins, Katie Wilkins, Amy Craig-Neil, Tara Upshaw, Andrew David Pinto, Andrew David Pinto, Andrew David Pinto, Andrew David Pinto, Andrew David Pinto   +10 more
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Patient perspectives on the implementation of routinised syphilis screening with HIV viral load testing: Qualitative process evaluation of the Enhanced Syphilis Screening Among HIV-positive Men trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Syphilis infections have been on the rise, affecting men living with HIV in urban centres disproportionately. Since individuals in HIV care undergo routine blood testing, HIV clinics provide practical opportunities to conduct regular and ...
Kinnon R MacKinnon, Ramandip Grewal, Darrell HS Tan, Rodney Rousseau, John Maxwell, Sharon Walmsley, Paul A MacPherson, Anita Rachlis, Nisha Andany, Sharmistha Mishra, Vanessa G Allen, Ann N. Burchell   +11 more
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Adaptive data-driven age and patch mixing in contact networks with recurrent mobility

MethodsX, 2022
Infectious disease transmission models often stratify populations by age and geographic patches. Contact patterns between age groups and patches are key parameters in such models. Arenas et al.
Jesse Knight, Huiting Ma, Amir Ghasemi, Mackenzie Hamilton, Kevin Brown, Sharmistha Mishra   +5 more
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