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Breaking Barriers: Perspectives on Clinical Trial Participation Among Older Hispanic/Latino Adults of Mexican Origin [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

Participants with clinical trial experience stated that they would recommend clinical trial participation to their friends and families. Participants emphasized the role of family support and their reliance on adult children for decision-making and assistance with transportation and interpretation.

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Why are So Many Teens and 20-Somethings Today Anxiety-Ridden?

Doctor Rachel

I am a family practice doc who sees teens and 20-somethings daily in my practice. I don’t know how it seems to be going in your home or the town or city you live in, but I am seeing an epidemic of anxious, stressed out teens, in my office and in my community. have lost much of our communal connection. And I am not alone.

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Participant Engagement in a Multi-level Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Intervention: LINK is a randomized controlled 2x2 factorial trial testing the effect of 2 distinct interventions on A1c: a 6-week culinary and nutrition education class and community referrals to address unmet social needs.

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Nutrition On A Budget: Eating Healthy With Local, Seasonal Produce

Center for Family Medicine

If the food is out of budget, families will struggle to get a healthy supply of vitamins and minerals. Choosing local and seasonal produce can help families meet simple nutritional needs. The challenge with eating healthy Eating healthy can be difficult for American families. Despite these challenges, there is a solution.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Focusing a lot on when to image, when not to image, and how to communicate imaging decisions effectively with families.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

The ED setting presents an overwhelming burden of demands on providers’ time, limiting their ability to engage in comprehensive shared decision making with families that may have mitigated testing if only they had the time to explain their reasoning. link] References Shah SN, Bachur RG, Simel DL, Neuman MI. Does this child have pneumonia?

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