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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

Women’s health screenings are an essential part of preventive care, yet many people aren’t sure what to expect during these visits—or when the right time is to schedule them. A women’s health check typically includes a review of your medical history, a physical examination, and specific screenings based on your age and risk factors.

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Pilot Testing of the Treatment Burden Screening in Diabetes Tool in Primary Care [Multimorbidity]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To test the acceptability and usability of the Treatment Burden Screening in Diabetes (TBSD), a novel brief screening questionnaire that identifies domains of high burden in patients with diabetes, which can be used as a conversation tool in a primary care clinician visit to focus discussion.

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Cervical Cancer Screening Differences Between Black and White Women: An Examination of HPV and Pap Test Utilization. [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context The introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test and the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) guidelines expanded the way providers offer and interpret screening for their patients. Chi-square and odds ratios were used to detect racial differences by screening type. population.

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A Comparative Study Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Prenatal Screening among pregnant women in Canada [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The integration of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) as a universal first-tier screening could provide an earlier screening and if needed, diagnostic result compared to standard screening. Population Studied: Pregnant women (≥19 years) undergoing foetal chromosomal anomaly screening (T13, T18, T21).

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Validation of the "Proactive" self-assessment tool for older people to identify their own risk of functional decline [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Therefore, we have developed Proactive, a self-administered screening questionnaire that enables older people to independently monitor their risk of functional decline. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. Objective: To validate Proactive.

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Optimizing Medical Legal Partnerships for sustainable public funding through the tele-legal model [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: 1) Test the virtual model of MLP to achieve more favorable economies of scale 2) Develop a policy-informed lexicon for MLP to inform model development, D&I research, and improve data sharing across models to ultimately advance sustainable state-based funding for MLP. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

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Prioritizing Actionable Implementation Strategies to Support Breast Cancer Follow-up in Primary Care [Cancer research (not screening)]

Annals of Family Medicine

BACKGROUND: Despite the emphasis of primary care’s (PC) role in breast cancer follow-up improvements have had limited clinical impact. CONCLUSIONS: Stakeholder developed strategies were prioritized to inform the development of a multi-component intervention to improve follow-up care in PC.