Community Health Centers
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

HIV prevention and primary care for transgender women in a community-based clinic.

30 Aug 2009 Male-to-female transgender individuals, or transgender women (TW), are at high risk for HIV infection and face multiple barriers to HIV care. Advocates agree that numerous factors need to be addressed concurrently to prevent HIV infection in TW, ... Read more...

Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohorts.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Mild cognitive impairment is increasingly recognized as an important public health problem associated with increased risk of developing dementia. Annual conversion rates, however, vary across different studies with clinic samples showing ... Read more...

Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) clinics are known to improve outcomes of patients with HF. Studies have been limited to single, usually tertiary centres whose experience may not apply to the general HF population. OBJECTIVES: To determine the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Community Health Centers'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Citation/built. SSM St. Clare Health Center, St. Louis County, Mo. 5 Sep 2009
• HIV prevention and primary care for transgender women in a community-based clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohorts. 30 Aug 2009
• Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving the odds: dozens of states aim to help minorities and low-income residents receive better medical care and live healthier lives. 30 Aug 2009
• An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia. 3 Aug 2009
• A case against low-volume percutaneous coronary intervention centers. Aug 2009
• Ethnically diverse mothers' views on the acceptability of screening for maternal depressive symptoms during pediatric well-child visits. 30 Jul 2009
• Stress and provider retention in underserved communities. 30 Jul 2009
• [Quality measurement is necessary--but can not determine health care quality] 30 Jul 2009
• Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an analysis across eight US states. 29 Jul 2009
• A stepped intervention increases well-child care and immunization rates in a disadvantaged population. 25 Jul 2009
• Australian primary health care centres: de facto Super Clinics? 18 Jul 2009
• Comparison of two methods of conducting the Fit and Strong! program. 13 Jul 2009
• Homeless who accessed a healthy living centre in Swansea, South Wales: an assessment of the impact of oral ill-health. 29 Jun 2009
• [Nurse at a homeless shelter] 29 Jun 2009
• Inquiries about and initiation of buprenorphine treatment in an inner-city clinic. 29 Jun 2009
• Forging links between nutrition and healthcare using community-based partnerships. 29 Jun 2009
• Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China. 29 Jun 2009
• ED becomes 'satellite' when hospital closes. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Community Health Centers'

Definition: Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.

Descriptor UI: D003151

Alternative terms: Community Health Centers; Center, Community Health; Centers, Community Health; Community Health Center; Health Center, Community; Health Centers, Community; Satellite Centers; Center, Satellite; Centers, Satellite; Satellite Center; Neighborhood Health Centers; Center, Neighborhood Health; Centers, Neighborhood Health; Health Center, Neighborhood; Health Centers, Neighborhood; Neighborhood Health Center;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.035.128;

Online Note: use COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS to search NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS 1975-78; use COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 1968-74

History Note: 79; was NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS see under COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 1968-78

Technical Notes: IM