Medically Underserved Area
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To expand understanding of a smoking cessation barrier for women, weight concerns, in a medically underserved population. METHODS: Baseline weight concerns were examined among 235 low-income, black maternal smokers enrolled in a smoking ... Read more...

Pandemic influenza and farmworkers: the effects of employment, social, and economic factors.

29 Sep 2009 Employment, social, and economic factors have the potential to affect the magnitude of an influenza pandemic among farmworkers. Prevention efforts targeted toward livestock farmworkers, including increased access to seasonal influenza vaccine, risk ... Read more...

Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic.

29 Sep 2009 Racial/ethnic minority populations experience worse health outcomes than do other groups during and after disasters. Evidence for a differential impact from pandemic influenza includes both higher rates of underlying health conditions in minority ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medically Underserved Area'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers. 30 Oct 2009
• The gift of time. 11 Oct 2009
• Pandemic influenza and farmworkers: the effects of employment, social, and economic factors. 29 Sep 2009
• Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic. 29 Sep 2009
• Practicing dental hygienists' perceptions about the bachelor of science in dental hygiene and the oral health practitioner. 29 Sep 2009
• Global oximetry: an international anaesthesia quality improvement project. 29 Sep 2009
• Addressing physician specialty maldistribution. 21 Sep 2009
• Prenatal care disparities and the migrant farm worker community. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency care in Afghanistan. 30 Aug 2009
• Evaluation of an outside-the-cold-chain vaccine delivery strategy in remote regions of western China. 30 Aug 2009
• Rural surgery rotation during surgical residency. 30 Aug 2009
• What stresses remote area nurses? Current knowledge and future action. 30 Jul 2009
• Coming to California? 30 Jul 2009
• Health visiting: a critical service. 30 Jul 2009
• Providing specialist services in Australia across barriers of distance and culture. 30 Jul 2009
• Engaging student health organizations in reducing health disparities in underserved communities through volunteerism: developing a student health corps. 30 Jul 2009
• Exploring the financial impact of breast cancer for African American medically underserved women: a qualitative study. 30 Jul 2009
• Stress and provider retention in underserved communities. 30 Jul 2009
• An assessment of the efficiency of the Glostavent ventilator. 30 Jul 2009
• Regional social system for specialized medical care in hematologic malignancies: a pilot study. 26 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Medically Underserved Area'

Definition: A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.

Descriptor UI: D008507

Alternative terms: Medically Underserved Area; Area, Medically Underserved; Areas, Medically Underserved; Medically Underserved Areas; Underserved Area, Medically; Underserved Areas, Medically; Physician Shortage Area; Area, Physician Shortage; Areas, Physician Shortage; Physician Shortage Areas; Shortage Area, Physician; Shortage Areas, Physician; National Health Service Corps; Health Service Corps, National;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Services Accessibility;

Tree Number: N03.349.650.340; N05.300.450.520;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: no qualif; specify geog; DF: MED UNDERSERV AREA