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Access to oral health care has been a topic of concern among dental and community health professionals in the United States for some time. The American Dental Association is piloting a new program aimed at expanding the current dental health workforce and alleviating some of the problems associated w...
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PMID: 21905543
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This exploratory study set out to identify how communities in the Tufts University Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) catchment area define health-related research priority areas.
Three focus groups comprising community stakeholders were conducted in thre...
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PMID: 21707945
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To describe the evaluation of a community-based continuing health education program designed to improve the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), and to examine the results by discipline.
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PMID: 21285165
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Public health personnel are the first-line workers of preventive care and medical services. In the face of rapid social and demographic changes, empowerment and on-job training have become important approaches to enhance the function of nurses. Health centers act like the "peripheral nerves" of the g...
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PMID: 21328202
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We wished to investigate the extent to which the municipal preparedness in these counties use employees from the municipal nursing and social care services and if these are part of local emergency teams.
In the autumn of 2008, we sent a questionnaire to the district medical officers and the leaders...
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PMID: 21233884
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Falls are a common, yet serious complication for hospitalized patients. The Ruby Red Slipper Program is an interdisciplinary fall management program that includes development and education of unit-based fall management teams. Initial outcomes demonstrated significant reductions in falls.
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PMID: 21786488
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Functional integration can be viewed successful if general health system (GHS) delivers services to the satisfaction of leprosy patients. The study elicits responses from 307 leprosy cured persons of 3 blocks and one town covering a population of about 3,50,000 in district Bargarh, Orissa. 229 (74.6%...
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PMID: 21638984
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An affiliation can help a healthcare provider prepare for the challenges of healthcare reform, the rapidly changing landscapes of the commercial insurance industry, and the public's expectations about service and quality. UC Davis Medical Center, a 645-bed tertiary hospital in Sacram...
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PMID: 21793481
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Charles J Lick,
Tom P Aufderheide,
Robert A Niskanen,
Janet E Steinkamp,
Scott P Davis,
Susan D Nygaard,
Kim K Bemenderfer,
Louis Gonzales,
Jeffrey A Kalla,
Sarah K Wald,
Debbie L Gillquist,
Michael R Sayre,
Susie Y Oski Holm,
Dana A Oakes,
Terry A Provo,
Ed M Racht,
John D Olsen,
Demetris Yannopoulos and
Keith G Lurie
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To determine out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates before and after implementation of the Take Heart America program (a community-based initiative that sequentially deployed all of the most highly recommended 2005 American Heart Association resuscitation guidelines in an effort to increase o...
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PMID: 20890185
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We reviewed medical record data from 2000 to 2007. We estimated costs per outpatient visit and inpatient day, and monthly medication costs (antiretroviral and opportunistic illness prophylaxis). We multiplied unit costs by utilization measures to estimate expenditures for inpatient days, outpatient...
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PMID: 21063228
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Even as attention is drawn to the increasing number of individuals who experience health inequalities in the United States, little is known about the health inequalities experienced by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Current disability research mainly focuses on physica...
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PMID: 21171535
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The need for long-term care services for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) is great since this population is experiencing some of the highest rates in the United States of chronic disease and disability.
Between 2005 and 2007, a survey on access and barriers to long-term care was mailed t...
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PMID: 21099083
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To gain insights from the experiences of student health professionals working with agencies caring for the underserved.
Five hundred and sixty-six (566) U.S. Albert Schweitzer Fellows from 90 professional schools in six sites participated in year-long mentored, entrepreneurial service and leadership...
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PMID: 21099080
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It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the quality of life and nutritional status of older adults residing in health care communities can be enhanced by individualization to less-restrictive diets. The American Dietetic Association advocates for registered dietitians to assess...
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PMID: 20882714
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High Type 2 diabetes prevalence, associated with recent cultural changes in diet and physical activity, characterizes the U.S. territory of American Samoa. Comorbid diabetes and depression rates are high worldwide and contribute to negative diabetes outcomes; these rates have not been assessed in Am...
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PMID: 21058808
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We aimed to explore the emotional reactions, concerns and beliefs related to working with the person with BPD by health and non-health related agencies.
A specifically designed questionnaire was completed by different agencies prior to their receiving educational training on an organizational and co...
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PMID: 20863184
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To examine the effectiveness of a program promoting network building between disciplinary agencies and informal community organizations (IGOs) comprising community residents, by implemention with staff of a community comprehensive support center (CJCSG).
The program was implemented for nine staff of...
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PMID: 21174725
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We seek to shine light on this forgotten population and deepen understanding of difficult challenges they confront in regaining housing security. We also examine the shifting political climate regarding homelessness, particularly the enactment and subsequent reauthorizations of the McKinney-Vento Ho...
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PMID: 20865621
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ENCORE (plus) , a breast and cervical cancer outreach, education, and screening referral program, was implemented by the YWCA of the United States and funded by Avon's Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade. ENCORE (plus) was designed to address the educational and access needs of low socio...
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PMID: 19116426
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To assess the impact of an integrated community-based micronutrient and health (MICAH) programme on anaemia (Hb < 120 g/l) among non-pregnant rural Malawian women aged 15-49 years from communities that participated in the 1996-2005 MICAH programme.
Prospective study of two large-scale cross-sectiona...
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PMID: 19889247
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We conducted a systematic review of the literature from January 2006 to February 2010. There was a paucity of economic studies in the field. Analyses assessing a wide range of outcomes alongside costs were the most widely used evaluation method in the review. There is a need for more economic studie...
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PMID: 20712075
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Inadequate health services limit access to health care, delay use at times of need and result in poor health outcomes. Currently, there is a lack of evidence from rigorous health service evaluations to indicate which rural health services work well, where and why that could inform rural health polic...
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PMID: 20690913
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The objective of this article is to review community-based drug abuse prevention and relapse prevention in Japan. Japan has a highly efficient system for the primary prevention of drug abuse; this system includes drug abuse education programs in schools and anti-drug abuse campaigns in communities....
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PMID: 20715489
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The tested telephone reminder call is suitable for Belgian women. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: The telephone reminder call may be implemented in settings similar to the studied context....
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PMID: 20591795
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Research suggests that certain factors influence the way caregivers of older adults experience the role of caretaker. Aspects of the caregiving experience that have been considered include factors influencing decisions to seek services, causes of caregiver burden, and the relationship between caregi...
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PMID: 20799132
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In April 2006, a national elder abuse prevention and caregiver support law was enacted in Japan, where elder abuse prevention is carried out by municipalities, and caregiver support and intervention are provided by a public long-term care insurance program. The aims of this study were (1) to examine...
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PMID: 20488606
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Wellness and prevention strategies are fast becoming a standard feature of employer-based health benefits in hopes of countering rapidly rising health care costs that drive higher insurance premiums. At the same time, payers and health care providers are experimenting with how to imp...
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PMID: 20572327
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The community-level intervention did not produce greater behavioral risk and disease incidence reduction than the comparison condition, perhaps due to the intensive prevention services received by all participants during the assessment. Repeated detailed self-review of risk behavior practices couple...
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PMID: 20354444
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Proactive STI testing in non-clinical and some health settings appears feasible and achieves higher testing rates than in general practice; however, more evaluation of testing strategies in general practice settings is required. New technologies such as the internet and SMS are useful adjuncts for i...
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PMID: 20465974
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Herein, the Medical Center for Dementia, which was introduced in 2008 as a new national health program in Japan, is reviewed from the perspective of the recent history of the national provision against dementia and the findings of a series of studies on the current status of medical care for dementi...
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PMID: 20738815
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