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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Medically Underserved"”.
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Stress, the Superwoman Schema, and Cardiovascular Wellbeing Among Rural and Medically Underserved African American Women
… to poorer health are higher among rural and medically underserved communities; highlighting racial and geographic disparities exist. The ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) tool was developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) to serve as a measure of cardiovascular wellbeing and address …
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Analysis of the Stakeholder Derived Conceptual Models and Exploration of Lung Cancer Screening Barriers in a Medically Underserved Area
The number of new cases of lung and bronchus cancer was 55.8 per 100,000 men and women per year. The number of deaths was 44.7 per 100,000 men and women per year. These rates are age-adjusted and based on 2010-2014 cases and deaths. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, …
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Residency and Practice Choice Patterns of Black and White Medical Graduates: A Comparative Study
… care specialty and location in an innercity medically underserved area.
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Building A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship
… and the increasing complexity of care of medically underserved patients. This project illustrated a need for post-graduate training in this setting for nurse practitioners and validated the design and curriculum of a training model.</p>
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Medical Underservice and Cancer Mortality Among Farmers in Illinois
… to rural populations in two nonmetropolitan, medically underserved counties in the state. Four rural populations formed the study groups: (1) farmers in the metropolitan county; (2) rural nonfarmers in the metropolitan county; (3) farmers in the underserved counties; and (4) rural nonfarmers …
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A Descriptive Study of Health Care Needs of Homeless Youth
… readily available or accessible, and they are medically underserved. The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) the adolescent experience of homelessness, 2) real and perceived health risks associated with being homeless, 3) health care problems of homelss youth, and 4) health care needs …
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Investigation of a Southeastern community's knowledge and intent to use a nurse practitioner
… thus far, has been accomplished with the medically underserved populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between consumer knowledge and intention to use a NP in an urban community that is not medically underserved.Imogene King's theory of goal attainment was …
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Exploring the Reach and Representativeness of Participants Enrolled in a Behavioral Intervention Targeting Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption
… low health literate participants in rural and medically underserved areas, such as southwest Virginia (SWVA), is especially important. The proposed research is part of Talking Health, a six-month, pragmatic randomized-control trial aimed at decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption …
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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Program in a Free Clinic Setting
… control, but few studies have assessed SMBP in medically underserved populations. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a program combining SMBP monitoring with education and counseling on BP control and knowledge and self-efficacy regarding disease management in a free clinic setting serving a …
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Low Health Literacy Interventions and Resources Used At Community Health Centers Using Decision Support from the Care Model
… centers (CHCs) serve the largest portion of the medically underserved patients in the United States. Little health literacy research has been conducted in the community health center setting. The Care Model, more specifically the elements of the health care organization, decision support, and …
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The Relationship of Burnout to Contextual Work Factors for Rural Community Mental Health Counselors
… at a rural mental health center located in a medically underserved area (MUA) that has a shortage of mental health professionals (MH-HPSA). A convenience sample of 81 rural community mental health counselors participated in this study. A descriptive sample profile was analyzed. Degrees of …
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An ecological analysis of geographic variations in the need and availability of safety net facilities in racially segregated communities of Chicago
… and South regions appear to be particularly underserved. Analyses from the results of this study can aid health care reform efforts aimed at expanding health care services (i.e., safety net facilities) available to vulnerable populations and in medically underserved areas such as segregated …
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The Role of Individual and Organizational Health Literacy on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes
… unique studies that took place within the rural, medically underserved southwest Virginia region. Study 1 was a secondary analysis that examined the relationship and responsiveness of the Stanford Leisure-Time Activity Categorical Item (L-Cat) and adapted Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire …
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The Influence of Child and Parent Health Literacy Status on Health Outcomes from a Childhood Obesity Treatment Program
… intervention, iChoose, implemented in the medically underserved Dan River Region (DRR). Previously developed measures were used to assess health literacy and health behaviors. iChoose consisted of 101-parent-child dyads. Using the New Vital Sign (NVS), 46% of children and 13% of parents had …
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A Model Of Primary Care To Meet The Needs Of The Underserved: Haven Free Clinic
… net of health care systems to care for the underserved. The Society for Student-run Free Clinics has 149 registered clinics throughout the United States and Canada2. At this time, HAVEN Free Clinic, a collaboration of the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Physician's Assistants and Public Health …
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HealtheLife: Using a Patient Portal App to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes in East Los Angeles
… Service Planning Area 4 (SPA-4). SPA-4 is a medically underserved area with numerous key health indicators that indicate the need for increased self-management efforts among its Hispanic population. In response, WMMC has made a commitment to the SPA-4 community and made diabetes atop its …
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Development of Low-Cost Technologies for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low-Resource Settings
… These evaluations were completed in medically-underserved areas of Texas as well as in El Salvador, where rates of cervical cancer are elevated. In Texas, I conducted a study to compare the performance of colposcopy alone to that of colposcopy with HRME imaging in a population of …
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Investigating the Feasibility of Community Health Workers as Teleaudiology Patient-Site Facilitators: A Strategy to Improve Access to Hearing Aid Services for Older Adults
… rehabilitation outcomes for older adults in a medically underserved, rural, US-Mexico border community. METHODS: To address Aim 1, a scoping literature review of the teleaudiology literature was conducted, in which patient-site facilitator roles, responsibilities, and background were described. …
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Exploring Cross-Sectional Relationships between Health Literacy, Dietary Intake, Physical Activity, and Anthropometric/Biological Variables among Residents in Southwest Virginia
… and chronic disease among rural residents in medically underserved counties in southwest Virginia. While few cross-sectional relationships were found, future research from this RCT should examine if health literacy and health numeracy moderates or mediates intervention changes in …
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Essays in Health Care and Public Economics
… complementary way of bringing medical care to medically underserved populations: community health centers (CHCs). CHCs provide primary health care services to two main groups - the uninsured and Medicaid enrollees - who face barriers to accessing primary health services and often turn to their …
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