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Name: Issues in mental health nursing
ISSN: 1096-4673
Pages: 1-3
To describe how a community-academic partnership between Taller Salud Inc., a community-based organization, and the Puerto Rico Community Cancer Control Outreach Program of the University of Puerto Ri...
Addressing Social Determinants Of Health Through Medical-Legal Partnerships.
The US health care system needs effective tools to address complex social and environmental issues that perpetuate health inequities, such as food insecurity, education and employment barriers, and su...
Phenomenon: Transgender patients experience discrimination, limited access to care, and inadequate provider knowledge in healthcare settings. Medical education to address transgender-specific disparit...
Health disparities: Understanding and promoting healthy communities.
This themed issue focuses on understanding and addressing several public health issues affecting communities today nationally and internationally. Health disparities, and global health in general, cov...
Nontraditional Academic-Community Partnership: A Survey of Student Knowledge and Competencies.
This pilot study examined student perceptions of the acquisition of core knowledge and basic community/public health generalist competencies gained through an innovative, nontraditional clinical partn...
Healthy Environments Partnership
The Healthy Environments Partnership was established in October 2000, as a part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences “Health Disparities Initiative.” The Healthy...
RITCH: Reducing Disparities in Tobacco Cessation Outcomes
Tobacco use is a leading contributor to racial and socioeconomic health disparities in the US primarily due to an unequal burden of tobacco-related disease from a disproportionate share of...
Partnership Programs to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities- Morehouse- Emory Partnership
The theme of this Morehouse-Emory Partnership Program focuses on elucidating the etiologic basis of ethnic differences in obesity-related CVD and discovering new intervention strategies to...
Asian American Partnerships in Research and Empowerment (AsPIRE)
The proposed intervention is part of a multi-year year grant awarded to the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health by to the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Mi...
Physician Judgment and Machine Predictions
The study goal is to improve the value of care and reduce health disparities by developing a targeted set of sophisticated and powerful algorithms to improve upon human clinical judgments....
Meaningful Use
Using certified ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS technology to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; engage patients and families in their health care; improve care coordination; improve population and public health; while maintaining privacy and security.
Health Fairs
Community health education events focused on prevention of disease and promotion of health through audiovisual exhibits.
Community Health Aides
Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.
Community Health Workers
Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.
Primary Health Care
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)