Community Health Services
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Enhancing the medical homes model for children with asthma.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Medical Home is an evolving concept of patient-centered care yet little information is available on its effect on health care expenditures for children. OBJECTIVES: To quantify differences in patterns of care and costs to the North ... Read more...

Predictors of weapon carrying in youth attending drop-in centers.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test and compare 2 predictive models of weapon carrying in youth (n = 308) recruited from 4 drop-in centers in San Diego and Imperial counties. METHODS: Both models were based on the Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM). RESULTS: The ... Read more...

The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although African American adults bear a disproportionate burden from diabetes mellitus (DM), few randomized controlled trials have tested culturally appropriate interventions to improve DM care. METHODS: We randomly assigned 542 African ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Community Health Services'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Enhancing the medical homes model for children with asthma. 30 Oct 2009
• Predictors of weapon carrying in youth attending drop-in centers. 30 Oct 2009
• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. 24 Oct 2009
• Evaluation of an adaptive ice skating programme for children with disabilities. 29 Sep 2009
• The cooperative medical extension program: translation of medical best practices to practicing primary care providers. 29 Sep 2009
• Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. 29 Sep 2009
• California budget cuts fray the long-term care safety net. 29 Sep 2009
• Estimation of potential effects of improved community-based drug provision, to augment health-facility strengthening, on maternal mortality due to post-partum haemorrhage and sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: an equity-effectiveness model. 21 Sep 2009
• Poor outcomes among gastrostomy-fed patients in the community. 5 Sep 2009
• Prenatal care disparities and the migrant farm worker community. 30 Aug 2009
• Cost-effectiveness of new-generation oral cholera vaccines: a multisite analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Parental engagement and barriers to participation in a community-based preventive intervention. 30 Aug 2009
• Does community-oriented mission fit with health reform? 30 Aug 2009
• Wound care teams: redesigning community nursing services. 30 Aug 2009
• Imaging: Reducing cardiac CT radiation through community outreach. 30 Aug 2009
• A model asthma program. 30 Aug 2009
• Experience with a Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi rheumatology telephone helpline. 30 Aug 2009
• Are multiple biomarker testing strategies ready for prime time in heart failure? 30 Aug 2009
• Models for integrating rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Community Health Services'

Definition: Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.

Descriptor UI: D003153

Alternative terms: Community Health Services; Services, Community Health; Health Services, Community; Community Health Service; Health Service, Community; Service, Community Health; Community Health Care; Care, Community Health; Health Care, Community; Community Healthcare; Community Healthcares; Healthcare, Community; Healthcares, Community;

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

Tree Number: N02.421.143;

History Note: 67(65)

Technical Notes: IM; DF: COMMUNITY HEALTH SERV