Primary Care in Cuba: Considerations for the U.S.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care costs are often a hindrance to seeking health care. Community-based health care insurance schemes (CBHIS) is a suitable alternative to conventional health insurance schemes which are often beyond the budget of majority of rural residents in Africa. Following establishment of a model CBHIS in the ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Kamau N,Njiru H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the baseline data on the proportion of Hmong women (n=402), ages 18-65, in Sacramento, California who reported that they had a Pap test for the early detection of cervical cancer. We assessed the association between sociodemographic characteristics and Pap test receipt using chi-squared and multiple...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Fang DM,Lee S,Stewart S,Ly MY,Chen MS Jr

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruiting and retaining rural primary care providers is challenging. The Graduate Nursing Education Primary Care Scholars (GNEPCS) is a partnership between a philanthropic organization and a school of nursing to recruit, educate, train, and retain primary care advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) for practice ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Selleck C,Deupree J,Hodges A,Holland A,Plane L,Horton J,Harper DC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are highly mobile, and little is known about ways to include them in research or clinical activities. We evaluated postal mailings as a means of reaching patients seen at an urban Indian health care facility (60% of whom were AI/AN) and identified factors associated with ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Duffy D,Goldberg J,Buchwald D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Study occurrence and consequences of deductibles and medical debt among privately insured under the Affordable Care Act. METHODS:Analysis of 2012-2016 National Health Interview Survey data on privately insured adults younger than age 65 on the effect of deductibles on medical debt, deferred medical care, and...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Rabin DL,Jetty A,Petterson S,Froehlich A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the impact of 69 African refugee children's arrival age and weight on subsequent weight gain by following BMI of refugee children. During 6-24 months after arrival in the U.S., 57% of underweight children became normal weight, whereas only 2% of normal weight children moved to the next higher weight cate...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hervey K,Vargas D,Klesges L,Fischer PR,Trippel S,Juhn YJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the uninsured receive a lower level of care and that their uninsured status is a risk factor for poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). The Access To Care (ATC) program in Cook County, Illinois provides care to uninsured individuals who do not qualify for other public aid. The aim o...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Leither MD,Ontrop ND

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nationally, a higher proportion of the medically underserved than of the general population suffer from hypertension. Poorer adherence to recommended therapies (including medication regimens, salt intake reduction, and regular visits with provider) has been linked to poorer blood pressure control. To identify whether ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Ndumele CD,Shaykevich S,Williams D,Hicks LS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Measure immunization rates in subsidized child care and determine whether the population is representative of inner city preschool children. METHODS:We identified 156 children, ages 0-60 months, in 14 inner-city child care centers enrolled in subsidized care and obtained demographic and immunization informatio...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： McCaskill QE,Livingood W,Crawford PM,Dekle AM,Hou T,Wood DL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed links between racism and oral health outcomes among pregnant Canadian Aboriginal women. Baseline data were analyzed for 541 First Nations (94.6%) and Métis (5.4%) women in an early childhood caries preventive trial conducted in urban and on-reserve communities in Ontario and Manitoba. One-third of ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lawrence HP,Cidro J,Isaac-Mann S,Peressini S,Maar M,Schroth RJ,Gordon JN,Hoffman-Goetz L,Broughton JR,Jamieson L

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National health data reported for Asians in the aggregate present a picture of good health, but significant health disparities exist between Southeast Asian refugees, and Cambodians in particular, and the overall population of the U.S. To effectively address health disparities, ethnically specific data is needed. Data...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Koch-Weser S,Liang SL,Grigg-Saito DC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent and only 20% of adults with hearing loss report using hearing aids. A major barrier to increased hearing aid use is the high out-of-pocket costs associated with hearing aids. The objective of this brief report is to estimate the numbers of millions of Americans 60 years or ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Mamo SK,Nieman CL,Lin FR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current estimates of homelessness in the U.S. are biased toward counts of sheltered or visibly unsheltered individuals. Those who remain out of sight during counts and/or live in places or circumstances that elude the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) definition of homelessness remain u...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brush BL,Gultekin LE,Grim EC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Industry has played a complex role in the rise of tobacco-related diseases in the United States. The tobacco industry's activities, including targeted marketing, are arguably among the most powerful corporate influences on health and health policy. We analyzed over 400 internal tobacco industry documents to explore ho...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Yerger VB,Przewoznik J,Malone RE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract:Background. Understanding condom-use patterns and the reasons that women have for choosing not to use condoms with their sexual partners, (both steady and non-steady), is important to the development and implementation of targeted, culturally appropriate interventions that can promote condom u...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Norman LR,Garriga CA,Cintron L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farmworkers experience a lack of control over the conditions of their work environment. In trying to reduce the effects of exposure to pesticides, most health care providers give instructions to farmworkers about how to protect themselves. Outreach programs that target farmworkers focus on health education and recomme...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Austin C,Arcury TA,Quandt SA,Preisser JS,Saavedra RM,Cabrera LF

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a growing national interest in health care-based strategies focused on patients' social determinants of health (SDH), little has been compiled about the impacts of SDH interventions undertaken in clinical settings. To understand better what is known in this area and incentives and barriers to related research,...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Gottlieb L,Ackerman S,Wing H,Adler N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Affiliated Pacific Region (USAPR) is an underserved region with high rates of obesity-related, non-communicable diseases and a low proportion of trained obesity prevention professionals, especially indigenous professionals. The Children's Healthy Living Training Program was developed to enhance the USAPR's ca...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Fialkowski MK,Delormier T,Hattori-Uchima M,Leslie JH,Greenberg J,Kim JH,Deenik JL,Dunn MA,Areta IA,Novotny R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The National Postbaccalaureate Collaborative (NPBC) is a partnership of Postbaccalaureate Programs (PBPs) dedicated to helping promising college graduates from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds get into and succeed in medical school. This study aims to determine long-term program outcomes by loo...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： McDougle L,Way DP,Lee WK,Morfin JA,Mavis BE,Matthews D,Latham-Sadler BA,Clinchot DM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A single-site study described differences between homeless and non-homeless patient utilization of the emergency department (ED). No prior study has examined ED use by the homeless on a national level. OBJECTIVE:To analyze national ED utilization by homeless patients. METHODS:Data were extracted from the 2...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Oates G,Tadros A,Davis SM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the NIMHD-funded Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry, faculty and scholars are trained to better address environmental health issues by integrating longitudinal, multi-systemic, spatially, and temporally referenced analytical methods. These methods include computational, multilevel, and spat...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Matthews-Juarez P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care for rural populations has been threatened in recent years by a significant number of hospital closures and a scarcity of primary care providers. While some factors that influence hospital closures lie beyond the reach of individual facilities, others, such as low occupancy rates and poor management, can an...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Johnson LW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death, disability, and injury from motor vehicle accidents constitute a public health crisis. The goal of this paper is to describe how Meharry Medical College's Center for Community Based Research plans to address this problem. A model of how high-risk groups are influenced to engage in behaviors that increase risk f...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Maupin JE Jr,Schlundt D,Warren R,Miller S,Goldzweig I,Warren H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work suggests hospitals serving high percentages of patients with Medicaid are associated with worse colon cancer survival. It is unclear if practice patterns in these settings explain differential outcomes. HYPOTHESIS:High Medicaid hospitals (HMH) have lower compliance with evidence-based care pro...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Rhoads KF,Ngo JV,Ma Y,Huang L,Welton ML,Dudley RA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Affordable Care Act provides opportunities to reimburse non-medical enabling services that promote the delivery of medical care for patients with social barriers. However, limited evidence exists to guide delivery of these services. We addressed this gap by convening community health center patients, providers, an...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Escaron AL,Weir RC,Stanton P,Clarke RM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, several alternatives for the provision of health care to the medically indigent of Nebraska were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. These alternatives were: expansion of county medical assistance programs, state-purchased health insurance policies, Medicaid expansion, revenue pool to redistribut...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Mallenby ML

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies document racial variation, gender differences, and socioeconomic status (SES) patterning in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors but few studies have investigated heterogeneity in SES differences by race/ethnicity or gender. Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (N=6,814) and stra...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Boykin S,Diez-Roux AV,Carnethon M,Shrager S,Ni H,Whitt-Glover M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to explore what actual guidance is provided by authoritative ethics documents regarding the recognition and protection of the vulnerable. The documents included in this analysis are the Belmont Report, the Declaration of Helsinki, The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Zagorac I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little research on cancer symptom management among Indigenous populations. This paper reports on the predictors of cancer pain management among American Indian cancer patients/survivors and their caregivers/family. The intervention was a symptom management toolkit delivered via traditional talking circles vs....

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hodge F,Nandy K,Cadogan M,Itty T,Warda U,Martinez F,Quan A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a clinic run by a federally-qualified health center and an academic medical center. The clinic expands the community's primary care capacity, combining advantages of big and small settings, and of its dual affiliation. Survey data suggest the clinic prevents health care delays and lowers emergenc...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Silberberg M,Yarnall KS,Johnson F,Sangvai D,Patel R,Yaggy SD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00