Effectiveness of the Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program in Preparing Premedical Students for a Career in Medicine [PDF]
This study measured the effectiveness of the Travelers Summer Research Fellowship (T-SRF) Program for Premedical Students. No in-depth study has been conducted on the impact of its activities.
Wilson-Anstey, Elizabeth A.
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Plain English summary There has been notable progress among state and local cancer coalitions in developing and implementing comprehesive cancer control plans.
Jamie M. Zoellner +13 more
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Realizing Health Reform's Potential: How the Affordable Care Act Will Strengthen Primary Care and Benefit Patients, Providers, and Payers [PDF]
Examines issues in primary care and outlines the 2010 healthcare reform law's provisions to strengthen it, including temporary hikes in Medicare and Medicaid payments and support for innovations in care delivery and primary care workforce ...
Georgette Lawlor +3 more
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Neuroinvasive Onchocerca lupi Infection in a Ten-Year-Old Girl
The nematode Onchocerca lupi is an emerging human pathogen. Though its life cycle is not well studied, it likely infects humans after a bite from a black fly vector, which in turn acquires infective microfilariae from an infected canid.
Dorothy Bowers Wu +9 more
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Health Worker Shortages & the Potential of Immigration Policy [PDF]
Foreign-born and foreign-trained professionals play an important role in the delivery of health care in the United States. This report examines the important role of immigrant doctors and nurses -- many of whom have receivedtheir training abroad -- in ...
Rob Paral
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A major impact of the late 1970s Carnegie Commission on Higher Education’s report titled Higher Education and the Nation’s Health was the funding and development of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).1 AHECs were located in rural and medically ...
Sandeep Rahangdale
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Solving Colorado's Shortage of Health Professionals: Final Evaluation Findings and Recommendations [PDF]
This report shares evaluation findings from The Trust's Health Professions initiative, and recommends strategies to increase and sustain Colorado's health professions workforce.
Kaia Gallagher, Tanya Beer
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Working With Faith-Based Communities to Develop an Education Tool kit on Relationships, Sexuality, and Contraception [PDF]
Communities disproportionately affected from higher rates of unplanned teen births are in need of sustainable approaches to prevention strategies. One approach is to build the capacity of faith-based communities (FBCs) to address the sexual health needs ...
Bell, Sheryl B +6 more
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Shared Medical Appointments: An Academic-Community Partnership to Improve Care Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in California Central Valley Region. [PDF]
PurposeThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ALDEA (Latinos con Diabetes en Acción), a Shared Medical Appointment (SMA) intervention, compared to usual primary care (UPC) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes over a 6 ...
Alkon, Abbey +4 more
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Facilitating telemedicine project sustainability in medically underserved areas: a healthcare provider participant perspective [PDF]
Very few telemedicine projects in medically underserved areas have been sustained over time. This research furthers understanding of telemedicine service sustainability by examining teleconsultation projects from the perspective of healthcare providers.
Paul, David L., McDaniel, Reuben R.
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