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Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences in Primary Care in New Orleans, Four Years Post-Katrina [PDF]

, 2010
Examines the network of neighborhood clinics funded with federal, state, and local money that emerged after Hurricane Katrina as a model for serving vulnerable populations.
Georgette Lawlor, Melinda K. Abrams, Michelle M. Doty, Sheila D. Rustgi, Stephanie Mika   +4 more
core  

Preventive strategies in oral health for special needs patients [PDF]

, 2015
As regards to the most common oral disease in pediatric patients, intellectual disability is not a risk factor for caries disease itself, but it rather reduces the individual capability to self-care and therefore to his own oral care.
BRUGNOLETTI, Orlando, CORRIDORE, DENISE, Edoardo, Cavallè, GUERRA, Fabrizio, RIPARI, Francesca, SPOTA, Andrea, VOZZA, Iole   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health care utilization and health-related quality of life perception in older adults: a study of the Mexican Social Security Institute Utilización de servicios de salud y percepción de calidad de vida relacionada a la salud en adultos mayores: un estudio en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Salud Pública de México, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To establish how health care service utilization patterns are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) perception in older adults.
Katia Gallegos-Carrillo, Carmen García-Peña, Carlos Durán-Muñoz, Jyoti Mudgal, Luis Durán-Arenas, Jorge Salmerón-Castro   +5 more
doaj  

Palliative care: Preventing misconceptions

South African Medical Journal, 2014
McQuoid-Mason's statement that 'Doctors who hasten the termination of the lives of their patients by withholding or withdrawing treatment or prescribing a potentially fatal palliative dose of medication satisfy the elements of intention and causation of a charge of murder against them' is of great concern.
Liz Gwyther, D J McQuoid-Mason
openaire   +4 more sources

Health Insurance Effects on Preventive Care and Health: A Methodologic Review.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016
The Affordable Care Act has led to significant gains in insurance coverage and reduced the cost of preventive care for millions of Americans. There is considerable interest in understanding how these changes will impact the use of preventive care ...
Jacob Wallace, B. Sommers
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 Vaccination in Historically Marginalized Communities: Examining Barriers and Facilitators in a Pediatric Population

AJPM Focus
Introduction: COVID-19 hospitalization rates among unvaccinated children are double of that of vaccinated children, and this difference is greater among racial and ethnic minority children. Vaccination rates among children remain suboptimal.
Marquita C. Genies, MD, MPH, John O. Loftus, BS, Anna C. Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH, Rupali J. Limaye, PHD, MPH, MA, Jessica A. Duchen, MPH, Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventive youth health care in 11 European countries: an exploratory analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To systematically identify similarities and differences in the way preventive youth health care (YHC) is organized in 11 European countries.
Boere-Boonekamp, M.M., Carmiggelt, B.C., Nijhuis, M.G., Wagenaar-Fischer, M.M., Wieske, R.   +4 more
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Determinants and Gaps in Preventive Care Delivery for Indigenous Australians: A Cross-sectional Analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
Background Potentially preventable chronic diseases are the greatest contributor to the health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.
C. Bailie, V. Matthews, J. Bailie, P. Burgess, Kerry Copley, C. Kennedy, Liz Moore, S. Larkins, S. Thompson, R. Bailie   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source