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Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionSmokeless tobacco (SLT) is significant public health problem in the U.S. and is associated with chronic diseases, which includes both physical and mental health conditions.
Elaine Sang +15 more
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Illness Severity among Non-English, Non-Spanish Speaking Patients in a Public Emergency Department [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have poor health outcomes compared to English proficient patients. Most studies on language proficiency and health disparities focus on Spanish.
Dirvonas, Tyler, M.D. +4 more
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HHS Proposed Rules on Exchange Implementation Requirements [PDF]
, 2011 Highlights provisions of the new regulations and commentary on state health insurance exchanges that clarify or amplify the 2010 healthcare reform or offer insight into federal guidance or consensus on their establishment, functions, and other ...
Alice Lam +3 more
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Harnessing diverse groups to work together in Paraguay
Community Eye Health Journal, 2005 Paraguay established a National VISION 2020 Committee, officially recognised by the government, in 2002. The starting point was World Sight Day 2001, where different institutions jointly celebrated the day, and the Ministry of Health signed the VISION ...
Miriam Cano
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An Assessment of Health Care Safety Net Services in Seven Metropolitan Atlanta Counties [PDF]
, 2007 The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes began collaboration in the summer of 2007 on a project designed to establish a framework for public health ...
Bernette Sherman +2 more
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A model for medical care in underserved areas
Academic Medicine, 1981 M A, Mufson, D E, Melnick
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Changing Research Perspectives on the Global Health Workforce [PDF]
Past research on the health workforce can be structured into three perspectives – “health workforce planning” (1960 through 1970s); “the health worker as economic actor” (1980s through 1990s); and “the health worker as necessary resource” (1990s through ...
David Bloom, Till Bärnighausen
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Evaluation Findings from the California Wellness Foundation's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative [PDF]
, 2007 Highlights research findings from a comprehensive program evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, a ten-year, $60-million effort to decrease the incidence of teen pregnancies in ...
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Addressing Resource Gaps in the U.S. Health Care Safety Net: An Assessment of the Free Clinic Network [PDF]
, 2011 Based on a survey of free clinics serving uninsured low-income patients, examines the resource constraints limiting the expansion of healthcare services provided, including the high costs of labs, equipment, and medication.
Tammy J. Allen
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Answering funding preferences for medical school graduates in underserved areas.
Family medicine, 2000 We describe here a feasible and data-based approach for obtaining important information about the percentage of our medical school graduates who primarily provide health care to the medically underserved. The logic and data used in our methodology have been acceptable to funding agencies. After making the initial investment in developing this approach,
A V, Neale, D L, Gaspar, K, Metzger
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