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Abstract B76: Hope Through Grace, Inc.: A colon cancer prevention organization - 501 (C)(3) non-profit
Mission and Purpose: Hope Through Grace, Inc. (HTG) has adopted positive actions to raise awareness, increase understanding of colorectal cancer, confront mistrust of health care systems, and connect more people to prevention and early detection services titled Colorectal Cancer Education and Screening Program (CCESP). The intention of the CCESP is to provide practices for achieving higher rates of appropriate CRC screening: (1) increasing patient access to care; (2) improving effective communication about screening and screening options by trained educators (physicians or non-physicians) and patients; and (3) simplifying ...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - September 30, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Butler, G. Tags: Screening and Early Detection: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research
Those Without Health Insurance Coverage Still...
Many people mistakenly think that no health insurance equals no colonoscopy screening for colon cancer. Many organizations help provide low and no-cost screening.
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - January 23, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Financial Concerns About Participation in Clinical Trials Among Patients With Cancer Health Services and Outcomes
Conclusion
Financial concerns are associated with several psychological constructs that may negatively influence decision quality regarding clinical trials. Greater attention to patients’ financial needs and concerns may reduce distress and improve patient decision making.
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - February 2, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Wong, Schluchter, Albrecht, Benson, Buzaglo, Collins, Flamm, Fleisher, Katz, Kinzy, Liu, Manne, Margevicius, Miller, Miller, Poole, Raivitch, Roach, Ross, Meropol Tags: Cost of Cancer Care Health Services and Outcomes Source Type: research
Exploring the Social Needs and Challenges of Chinese American Immigrant Breast Cancer Survivors: a Qualitative Study Using an Expressive Writing Approach
ConclusionCounseling services addressing concerns about stigma and communication among family members may benefit patients ’ adjustments. Tailor-made information in Chinese about diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer and health insurance in the USA may also help patients go through the course of recovery.
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - June 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Weight Stigma and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis Reactivity in Individuals Who Are Overweight.
Conclusions: People who experience the chronic stress of being stigmatized due to their weight show blunted cortisol responses just as other chronically stressed people do.
PMID: 29917036 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - June 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McCleary-Gaddy AT, Miller CT, Grover KW, Hodge JJ, Major B Tags: Ann Behav Med Source Type: research
Why do we know so little about return to work after carpal tunnel release?
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common nerve entrapment with a prevalence ranging between 2.7 –4.9%, depending on the definition, in a representative adult population (1). Among a pooled analysis of US working populations, prevalence of electrodiagnostically verified CTS was 7.8% and incidence rate 2.3 per 100 person-years (2), while in an Italian working population the incidence rate was 1.4 per 100 person-years (3). The lifetime prevalence of carpal tunnel release (CTR) has been estimated at 3.1% and incidence rate at 1.73 per 1000 person-years in a normal population (4), and somewhat higher (3.35–2.98 per 1000 per...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - September 27, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Concerns about treatment for infertility in a probability-based sample of US women.
CONCLUSION: For US women, fertility treatment concerns are not associated with whether women pursue fertility testing, but they are associated with higher levels of fertility-specific and general distress.
PMID: 30892066 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: J Reprod Infant Psychol Source Type: research
South Africa: Mkhize 'Absolutely Not Concerned' About DA's Threat to Take NHI Bill to Concourt
[News24Wire] The DA is welcome to take the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to the Constitutional Court, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, adding he is "absolutely not concerned about this threat".
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 15, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: National Health Insurance - Is It About Transformation or Patronage?
[Daily Maverick] When we see an array of private sector stakeholders pretending to support the National Health Insurance Fund, it should raise red flags to all who care about South Africa.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 27, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Low rate of densitometric diagnosis and treatment in patients with severe osteoporosis in Colombia
ConclusionsOur study shows that Colombian patients have little knowledge about osteoporosis and its relationship with fragility fractures. It also shows that densitometries are not done and, what is worse, patients with a diagnosis of fracture have limited access to treatment after discharge.
Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - September 4, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research
COVID-19 exposes how Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face stark health care disparities
We see the headlines regularly: COVID-19 has revealed long-standing systemic social and health inequities facing members of racial and ethnic minority groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Black people and Latinos are almost three times as likely to become infected and up to twice as likely to die from COVID-19 when compared with whites.But what about other minority groups, such as the Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, who even amid calls for more equitable attention and treatment often get overlooked? The needs of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations have historically...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 25, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Knowledge and Attitude regarding COVID-19 among Pregnant Women in Southwestern Iran in the Early Period of Its Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Abstract
Both knowledge and attitude can play key roles in the prevention of novel COVID-19. This cross-sectional study was conducted on a statistical sample of pregnant women in southwestern Iran between March and April 2020 to evaluate their knowledge and attitude toward this condition. So, pregnant mothers registered in antenatal clinics affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were called and asked to fill in a three-part online questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric/medical history, and knowledge/attitude toward COVID-19. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - October 27, 2020 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Maharlouei N, Asadi N, Bazrafshan K, Roozmeh S, Rezaianzadeh A, Zahed-Roozegar MH, Shaygani F, Kharmandar A, Honarvar B, Hemyari C, Omidifar N, Zare M, Lankarani KB Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research
Citizens' Opinions About a Digital Health Insurance Record.
Authors: Kostikidis G, Gallos P, Triantafyllou IS, Plagianakos V
Abstract
An Electronic Health Insurance Record (EHIR) could give all the information needed to the insured citizens, informing them about the history of benefits and the health expenses. The aim of this work is to evaluate a Digital Health Insurance Record system as well as to explore the benefits of using this system, both for society and for each citizen individually. A quantitative survey was carried out using a questionnaire shared among 180 people in Greece in 2019. The questionnaire consisted of 25 closed-ended questions, 3 of which related to d...
Source: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - November 24, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Stud Health Technol Inform Source Type: research
With Demand for Mental-Health Care Soaring on Campus, Faculty and Students Are Stepping Up to Help
After the pandemic shut down Duke University’s campus in 2020, public-policy professor Nick Carnes worried about how his students would fare both educationally and emotionally. Wanting to help in whatever way he could, he added a simple message to his email signature.
“A note to students,” he wrote. “Please let me or another Duke professor know if you’re having any problems with your safety, well-being, or access to educational or other resources, or if you need to talk about anything right now, and/or if you know of another student who is having trouble. When in doubt, please reach out.&rd...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
In Practice: Readers Ask About Families Who Want Different Plans, and Rise in Costs
More answers to readers’ questions about how the online insurance exchanges will affect them.
Source: NYT Health - October 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Tags: Kaiser Permanente Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Source Type: news
