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McGrew, Susan G.; Peters, Brittany R.; Crittendon, Julie A.; Veenstra-VanderWeele, Jeremy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Genetic testing is recommended for patients with ASD; however specific recommendations vary by specialty. American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Neurology guidelines recommend G-banded karyotype and Fragile X DNA. The American College of Medical Genetics recommends Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA). We determined the yield of…
Descriptors: Autism, Seizures, Neurological Impairments, Patients
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Brown, Julie A.; Beaser, Richard S.; Neighbours, James; Shuman, Jill – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Ongoing continuing medical education is an essential component of life-long learning and can have a positive influence on patient outcomes. However, some evidence suggests that continuing medical education has not fulfilled its potential as a performance improvement (PI) tool, in part due to a paradigm of CME that has focused on the quantity of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Medical Education, Models, Diabetes
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Valdez, Carmen R.; Dvorscek, Michael J.; Budge, Stephanie L.; Esmond, Sarah – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
Primary care settings are the gateway through which the majority of Latinos access care for their physical and mental health concerns. This study explored the perspectives of primary care providers concerning their Latino patients, in particular issues affecting their patients' access to and utilization of services. Interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Patients, Primary Health Care, Mental Health
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Torres, Aileen; Garcia-Carrasquillo, Aida; Nogueras, Juan – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2010
This study explored sociodemographic variables, childhood characteristics, and family factors in the Puerto Rican homeless. The study is a secondary analysis in which a Puerto Rican homeless sample (N = 113) is compared with a Puerto Rican primary care patient group (N = 102). Discriminant function analysis was employed to determine if family and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Family Characteristics, Family Programs, Risk
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Fortinsky, Richard H.; Zlateva, Ianita; Delaney, Colleen; Kleppinger, Alison – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This article explores primary care physicians' (PCPs) self-reported approaches and barriers to management of patients with dementia, with a focus on comparisons in dementia care practices between PCPs in 2 states. Design and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were mailed to 600 randomly selected licensed PCPs in…
Descriptors: Physicians, Alzheimers Disease, Identification, Patients
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Carlfjord, Siw; Johansson, Kjell; Bendtsen, Preben; Nilsen, Per; Andersson, Agneta – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate staff experiences of the use of a computer-based concept for lifestyle testing and tailored advice implemented in routine primary health care (PHC). Design: The design of the study was a cross-sectional, retrospective survey. Setting: The study population consisted of staff at nine PHC units in the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Primary Health Care
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Bricker, Patricia L.; Baron, Richard J.; Scheirer, Jorge J.; DeWalt, Darren A.; Derrickson, John; Yunghans, Suzanne; Gabbay, Robert A. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Introduction: Pennsylvania's Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) program is administered by the Pennsylvania (PA) chapters of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Academy of Pediatrics. The project has provided coaching, monthly measurement, and patient registry support for 155 primary-care…
Descriptors: Physicians, Partnerships in Education, Quality Control, Patients
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Soderlund, Lena Lindhe; Nilsen, Per; Kristensson, Margareta – Health Education Journal, 2008
Objective: This article explores the training and counselling experiences of 20 nurses, aiming to identify key elements in the process of learning and applying motivational interviewing (MI) counselling skills with adherence to protocols. Setting/method: The nurses were recruited from 10 primary health care units in Ostergotland, Sweden. The study…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Foreign Countries, Nurses, Patients
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Funderburk, Jennifer S.; Maisto, Stephen A.; Sugarman, Dawn E. – Substance Abuse, 2007
Early identification and intervention of harmful/hazardous drinking in primary care are U.S. healthcare priorities. Traditionally, research has focused on designing interventions for patients in primary care who report hazardous/harmful alcohol use, even though it is likely for a patient to be at risk for multiple problems. This article has three…
Descriptors: Drinking, Identification, Risk, Patients
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Maher, Stacia; Lopez, Patricia; McKee, M. Diane; Deen, Darwin; Fornari, Alice; Fletcher, Jason; Blank, Arthur – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: The paper aims to evaluate a primary care obesity prevention intervention, targeting low-income minority parents in the USA. The first objective is to describe the barriers to behavior change experienced by families. The second objective is to understand the types of strategies that were used by the health educator to empower families to…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervention, Health Education, Prevention
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Lake, C. Raymond – Behavioral Medicine, 2008
The author, after a review of the relevant literature, found that depression and the risk for suicide remain unacceptably underrecognized in primary care (PC). The negative consequences are substantial for patients and their physicians. Suicide prevention in PC begins with the recognition of depression because suicide occurs largely during…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Prevention, Physicians, Suicide
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Ayalon, Liat; Gross, Revital; Tabenkin, Hava; Porath, Avi; Heymann, Anthony; Porter, Boaz – Health & Social Work, 2008
Using a cross-sectional design of 400 primary care patients with diabetes, the authors evaluated demographics, health status, subjective health and mental health, health behaviors, health beliefs, knowledge of diabetes treatment, satisfaction with medical care, and quality of medical care as potential predictors of QoL and QoL in the hypothetical…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Diabetes, Quality of Life, Health Behavior
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Kane, Robert L.; Mach, John R., Jr. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore how medical care is delivered to older people in assisted living (AL) settings and to suggest ways for improving it. Design and Methods: We present a review of the limited research available on health care for older AL residents and on building testable models of better ways to organize primary…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Medical Services, Primary Health Care, Patients
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Krahn, Glora L.; Drum, Charles, E. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2007
This article extracts principles from two Surgeon General reports, "Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation" (2002) and "Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities" (2005), and combines them with the Objectives from "Chapter 6 of Healthy People 2010" to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities
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Fordwood, Samantha R.; Asarnow, Joan R.; Huizar, Diana P.; Reise, Steven P. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
Although depression is strongly associated with suicide attempts and suicide deaths, most depressed youth do not make an attempt, indicating the need to identify additional risk factors. We examined suicide attempts among 451 depressed primary care patients, 13 to 21 years of age. In bivariate analyses, youth classified as suicide attempters…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Patients, Risk, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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