Balogh, Erin Patlak, Margie and Nass. Sharyl J. 2013. Reducing Tobacco-Related Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences Press. $38.00. pp. 115. P

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-417
Author(s):  
A. Lee Fritschler
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Workshop Summary

scholarly journals Importance of learning Global Health in strengthening Primary Health Care: an experience from Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Randhir Sagar Yadav ◽  
Shumneva Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Course ◽  
Public Health Practitioners

Global health is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach of dealing transnational determinants of health. Strengthening health care institutions is vital for achieving universal health care. It also favors global health outcomes as it bridges gaps of health inequalities and saves numerous lives. In Nepal, the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University is offering global health course since 2013. This paper discusses practical application of the learnings from the global health course to make commendable achievements at a primary health center. The global health course can be the foundation for transforming clinicians and public health practitioners into promising global health leaders. This will contribute to improve basic health care services, quality care, and vaccination program to improve the health of population. Therefore, global health course should be an imperative of medical education to capacitate doctors working in these settings to better understand the social determinants of disease prevention, care and rehabilitation.

Using Ethnography to Assess Barriers to Services in a Washington DC Community Clinic

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Michelle Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Kaiser Family Foundation ◽  
Community Clinic ◽  
Care Services

There are over 42 million uninsured people living in the United States today. Even though a small percent of these 42 million are immigrants, they are more likely to be uninsured because of limited access to low-cost insurance. This is particularly true for those who are low-income, unemployed or under-employed (Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2001). Low-income immigrants may face a number of barriers to accessing health care services, which, in turn, can cause disparity in health outcomes compared to individuals who have health insurance. Latinos represent about 12% of the population, but make up 25% of the Nation's uninsured (American College of Physicians 2000). Newly immigrant Latinos are almost three times less likely to have a consistent source of medical care, which is a strong predictor of obtaining preventative health care screening (American College of Physicians 2000). Since each community experiences the health care system in different ways and because political, economic and social conditions influence the availability and accessibility of services, it is important to identify these barriers for each individual community cohort that a community clinic and/or program may be working with.

Race and gender as factors in access to health insurance and utilization of health care services

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana J. Ferradas ◽  
G. Nicole Rider ◽  
Johanna D. Williams ◽  
Brittany J. Dancy ◽  
Lauren R. Mcghee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
And Gender
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