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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"barriers to care"”.
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Rural Parents Mental Health Service Delivery Preferences: Overcoming Barriers to Care.
<p>Unique barriers prevent parents in rural areas from seeking mental health services for their children. The implementation of innovative models of service delivery may reduce these barriers' impact on rural parents' treatment seeking.</p><p>The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) parents' …
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A Study of the Health Beliefs and Barriers to Care For the Medicaid Population
Despite the cost-reducing efforts of managed care, health care expenditures in the United States continue to be burdensome, resulting in services being cut to control costs, thus impacting all health care recipients. The patient population that often utilizes the health care system in a more …
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Mental illness stigma and barriers to care: exploring the role of social support as a moderator
… illness (NAMNI, 2016). Stigma acts as a barrier to care for many people experiencing mental illness (Corrigan, 2004), yet there is evidence that social support may act as a resilience tool by protecting people from the negative impact of stigma (Earnshaw et al., 2015). This study explored whether …
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Examining Barriers to Care, Adherence, Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
… genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 outof every 500 African Americans. Managing SCD requires adherence to very specific medicalregimens to ensure positive health outcomes. If we are to improve treatment adherence inpediatric SCD, we must first understand patient and family barriers to …
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Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya
… HIV counselling and testing (HBCT) is a wayt to provide confidential HIV testing in a person's home. As home-based testing has not yet been evaluated on a wide scale in Kenya among adult individuals [over age 15], this project is designed to assess in rural Kenya 1) overall acceptance rates …
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Perceptions of Help-Seeking Likelihood for Depression: Examining the Relative Predictive Value of Ethnicity and Barriers to Care
… rates. However, Latinxs seek specialized care for depression at lower rates than non-Latinx Whites, suggesting these groups experience barriers in accessing care differently. This study sought to test the theoretical steps of help-seeking as informed by the Gaining Access and Treatment …
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Treatment coverage, barriers to care and factors associated with help-seeking behaviour of adults with depression and alcohol use disorder in Chitwan district, Nepal
… number of individuals in need of mental health care and those who receive treatment. It is reported that 86.3% people with anxiety, mood, or substance disorders in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) received no treatment in the 12 months preceding the survey. The Programme for improving …
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Access and Barriers to Care During Transition from Active Duty to Veteran Status in Veterans with Diabetes: A Look at Health Literacy, Change, and Ongoing Diabetes Self-Management Education
… and Rationale: Transition from active duty to veteran status may be a challenging time, especially for veterans with diabetes. These veterans face multiple changes that can cause distress. Most veterans with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, however a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes on active duty …
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The psychological health of veterans of the 2003 Iraq war
… status and engagement type. Participants undertook a structured telephone interview including diagnostic instruments, measures of service utilisation, and barriers to care. The response rate was 76% (821 participants). The weighted prevalence of common mental health problems/PTSD symptoms was …
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Constrained Spaces of Prenatal Care: South Asian Immigrant Women in New York City
The aim of this research is to examine use of prenatal care by South Asian immigrant women in New York City, focusing not only on barriers to care but also women's reliance on multi-scalar, place-based social networks and resources. Recently, public health analysts have raised concern about low …
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Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Measure Validation Study
… of physical, mental, and behavioral healthcare needs. However, parents of autistic children consistently report difficulty accessing necessary services, and no instrument has been validated to assess and quantify these barriers for autistic children. The current study aims to adapt and …
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HEALTH EXPERIENCES OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECTS OF GROWING MEDIA COVERAGE
… transgender and/or gender nonconforming are a historically marginalized group who experience inequities in care. The purpose of this study was to explore, via semi-structured interviews, the healthcare experiences of participants and their perceptions of the impact of expanding social visibility …
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Access to Care: The Experience of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Receiving Medicare and Medicaid
Access to care represents a leading health indicator for meeting the complex healthcare and social needs of an exploding population of older adults living in the United States. This qualitative study was undertaken to discover the essence of access to care by community-dwelling older adults with …
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Unmet Health Care Needs and Adverse Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Disease
… disease are common in Canada and often occur together. Despite the availability of effective treatments, many Canadians do not receive optimal care for these conditions. This may be due to a number of factors, including reduced access to health services. The overall objective of this thesis …
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Our Words Matter: A Proposed Study to Examine the Effects of Clinician Language Training on Patient Opioid Abstinence
Stigma in the healthcare system is widely documented. A significant medium through which stigmatizing thoughts, opinions, and attitudes are propagated is language. Stigmatizing language can create barriers to care, while inclusive non-stigmatizing language has the ability to highlight a patient’s …
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Access barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe: a case study of Chivhu Hospital
Access to healthcare is one of the basic social goods which ensures that individuals lead healthy and long lives. There is an increased need towards ensuring access to health care for all, which has led to the question of how access is defined. Access in this study is defined as the degree of fit …
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Exploring Cultural Influences and Moral Experiences Behind Mental Illness Stigma in the U.S. Army
… from mental disorders and the perceived barriers to care, the most salient of which is fear of stigmatization (Hoge et al. 2004, Ouimette et al. 2011). In order to explore mental illness stigma from the unique perspective of U.S. military service members, data were collected during …
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Predicting Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions in a Diné Sample
<p>The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between cultural factors, psychological distress, barriers, and attitudes toward seeking psychological help among Diné tribal members. This study is in response to calls to consider psychological and cultural factors in the …
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An Integrative Review: Best Practices for Educating and Engaging Care Partners of Patients with New Ostomies
… purpose of this integrative review was to identify and synthesize the best practices of engagement and education for care partners of patients with new ostomies to support adaptation.<strong></strong></p> <p><strong>METHODS: </strong>Five-stage integrative review process: (1) problem …
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Exploring Higher Weight Women's Experiences of Provider Weight Stigma
<p>The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the phenomena of weight stigma as experienced by higher weight women in mental health treatment who also engage in restrictive eating behaviors. Women in larger bodies who are emotionally or behaviorally restrictive in their eating …
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