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Community Health Centers: The Challenge of Growing to Meet the Need for Primary Care in Medically Underserved Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Provides an overview of community health centers, their patients, and recent federal and state funding cuts, as well as funding prospects for the centers' expansion to meet greater demand among patients newly eligible for Medicaid or private ...

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Design, Implement, Sustain: Advancing Program‐Led Interventions for Binge Eating, a Narrative Review

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Most individuals with binge eating never receive treatment, partly due to a lack of specialists and long waitlists. Program‐led interventions are scalable, and their therapeutic content and guidance are embedded within the program itself. However, they are not widely implemented in routine care.
Bernou Melisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

National-level outreach: South African Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness

open access: yesCommunity Eye Health Journal, 2006
Introduction Early beginnings of the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness The Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness was founded in 1944 as a division of the South African National Council for the Blind.
Herman Kluever
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Identifying and Evaluating Equity Provisions in State Health Care Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Identifies state policies that promote equitable access to quality health care and analyzes whether reform proposals in five states meet those equity benchmarks.
Cheryl Fish-Parcham   +2 more
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Pandemic Im/mobilities, reproductive injustices, and assisted reproductive technology use among Taiwanese LGBTQ parents

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how mobility restrictions imposed by governments during the COVID‐19 pandemic intensified reproductive and mobility injustices. It traces shifting configurations of privilege and inequality within marginalized groups whose reproductive desires remain legally and socially unrecognized.
Sara L. Friedman
wiley   +1 more source

Adequacy of the physician workforce for preparing for future society in Korea: an English translation

open access: yesThe Ewha Medical Journal
Objectives: This study aimed to assess whether the current physician workforce in Korea is sufficient to meet future healthcare demands, considering demographic changes and increasing medical needs.
Yun-Chul Hong
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting the provision of pharmacy medication reviews to marginalised (medically underserved) groups: a before/after questionnaire study investigating the impact of a patient–professional co-produced digital educational intervention

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objectives People who are marginalised (medically underserved) experience significant health disparities and their voices are often ‘seldom heard’. Interventions to improve professional awareness and engagement with these groups are urgently needed. This
Asam Latif   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability and Spread of Community-based Initiatives: A case study of Community Cares, a Children’s Hospital’s 16 year effort to serve its community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The sustainability and spread of innovations is often elusive, presenting continuous challenges to clinicians and healthcare leaders. Somewhere between 33 - 70% of all innovations are reportedly not sustained, and even fewer are spread beyond the ...
Austin, Robert F   +3 more
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Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving healthcare empowerment through breast cancer patient navigation: a mixed methods evaluation in a safety-net setting. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundBreast cancer mortality rates in the U.S. remain relatively high, particularly among ethnic minorities and low-income populations. Unequal access to quality care, lower follow up rates, and poor treatment adherence contribute to rising ...
Burke, Nancy J, Gabitova, Guzyal
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