Purpose. Given the caregiving duties that women often assume in the United States and the paucity of research on the young and middle-aged adult home health care (HHC) population, the aim of this study was to describe the association between household composition and frequency of HHC utilization among utilizers 18-64 years ...

With the increasing proportion of households in the US speaking a language other than English, it is important to understand the impact of limited English proficiency on health outcomes, in particular among patients with cancer diagnoses. A recognized indicator for reducing disparities in cancer outcomes in minority patients ...

Purpose: Adolescent pregnancy contributes to mortality, morbidity and social consequences due to factors including poorer maternal outcomes among adolescents, unsafe abortion, and school dropout. This study aims to explore what girls in Mulanje District learn about sexual and reproductive health (SRH), the venues and sources ...

Study Objective: Early recognition of CPR is crucial given the large burden of out-of –hospital cardiac arrest events in the US and bystander CPR increases patient survival. Limited English proficiency can delay and prevent timely emergency response. This study examines and compares the possible barriers of communication ...

The lack of clinical research in pregnancy negatively impacts the ability to provide therapeutic treatments and preventions to pregnant women. This study explores the experiences of investigators who have successfully conducted clinical research in pregnancy to identify factors that facilitate success. Semi-structured, in-depth ...

Objective: Group prenatal care (GPC) models are increasingly a focus of observational studies of birth outcomes, yet there are limited data on the socio-demographic and health characteristics of women who elect GPC compared to traditional primary care (TPC). The purpose of this study was to identify and describe potential ...

Introduction: Obesity and overweight are a critical public health problem in the United States1,2 and worldwide3. Obesity is affected by multiple factors including socioeconomic status (SES), built environments including opportunities for active transportation and access to supermarkets or fast food outlets, as well as ...

Background: Primary care-based healthcare systems are essential for every nation. In 2005, Chile embraced the Family and Community’ Comprehensive Health Care Model (or MAIS) to strengthen the primary care and started to measure its development in 2015 using the “MAIS” assessment tool, created for this purpose. One of the ...

Chest CT scans allow radiologists to obtain a more detailed and thorough image compared to chest x-rays; therefore, chest CT scans frequently detect small suspicious non-urgent indeterminate pulmonary nodules. The goals of managing suspicious non-urgent indeterminate pulmonary nodules are early cancer detection, avoidance of ...

Background: Sentinel events preceding firearm perpetration events could be potential points of intervention to prevent injury and death related to firearm in King County. Objective: To compare risks of firearm perpetration among perpetrators of violent crime, and compare risk of fatal shootings among firearm perpetrators of ...