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The Pre-Medical Health Coach (PHC) program: pre-medical students as volunteer health coaches at a safety-net hospital in California, 2016–2020

BMC Medical Education
The volunteer Pre-Medical Health Coach (PHC) program engages student volunteers, in team-based primary care providing self-management support to patients with chronic conditions. Both the PHCs and the patients they serve are diverse.
Emma B. Shak, Lyn Berry, Bryan Chow, S. Abramowitz, Kala M Mehta   +4 more
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Health and social impacts of California wildfires and the deficiencies in current recovery resources: An exploratory qualitative study of systems-level issues

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Wildfires in California have become more deadly and destructive in recent years, and four of the ten most destructive fires occurred in 2017 and 2018.
Ann T. Rosenthal, E. Stover, R. Haar
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Toward a justice approach to emergency food assistance and food waste: Exploring pantry–urban gardener partnerships in California's Santa Clara County

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
The 60,000 food pantries in the United States are well known for charity-based emergency food assistance and edible food recovery, serving 53 mil­lion people in 2022 (Feeding America, 2023a).
Christopher Bacon, Ava Gleicher, Emma McCurry, Christopher McNeil   +3 more
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Real World Feedback: How Well Did the Virtual Training Academy Prepare California's COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce?

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
To effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, California had to quickly mobilize a substantial number of case investigators (CIs) and contact tracers (CTs).
Miranda Westfall, M. Forster, Olivia Golston, Kelly D Taylor, Karen White, M. J. Reid, A. Dorian, Michael L. Prelip, S. Shafir   +8 more
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Contraceptive Counseling Training Experiences and Behaviors Among Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents in California and Florida.

Contraception
OBJECTIVE To describe experiences with contraception counseling training and provision of obstetrics and gynecology residents training in California and Florida.
Jewel A Brown, Serena H Ly, Janese Thompson, Matthew D. Ponizini, Mitchell D. Creinin, Melissa J. Chen   +5 more
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Volunteer programs are effective at reducing urban water use in Marin County, California

California Agriculture
Reducing irrigation usage for residential landscapes is a key strategy for managing water demand, but many property owners struggle to implement effective water conservation.
S. Swain, D. Lewis, Margaret S. Mathers
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The importance of community engagement on COVID-19 vaccination strategy: Lessons from two California pilot programs

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
As the United States struggles to contain COVID-19, policymakers face a contentious debate around mass vaccination strategies. While fears have been buoyed by two highly efficacious vaccines [1], containment of the virus will require a sizable percentage
Agastya Mondal
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Long‐Term Outcomes of Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma Treated on ANBL1221: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Results of COG ANBL1221 changed treatment paradigms for patients with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma. Chemoimmunotherapy with irinotecan/temozolomide/dinutuximab is now used as both bridge therapy following suboptimal response to induction and as treatment in first relapse.
Elizabeth Sokol, Arlene Naranjo, Lulu Chen, Rajen Mody, Steven G. DuBois, Rochelle Bagatell, Navin Pinto   +6 more
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Capacity Building with Volunteers: Divers and Boaters Collect Data on Southern California Bight

Oceanography
“The science we need for the ocean we want” (IOC, 2020) may be more science than we can afford unless we devise additional cost-​effective ways to produce it.
C. Gelpi, D. Kushner, A. Solomon, S. Eckley   +3 more
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Animal‐Assisted Activities With Therapy Dogs in Pediatric Oncology: A Multicenter Survey of the Current Status, Implementation, and Challenges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Animal‐assisted activities (AAAs) with therapy dogs have shown positive effects on patient well‐being and quality of life in various areas of medicine, including pediatric oncology. However, research on this topic is limited. The aim of this study is to present the current status of AAA in pediatric oncology in Germany, Austria, and
Jan‐Marius Wedig, Birgit Burkhardt, Christof M. Kramm, Kira Ostermann, Sarah C. Goretzki, Uta Dirksen, Nico Kurpiers, Michael M. Schündeln   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source