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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

The plane was piloted by a native of the island, deeply committed to helping his community. What followed was a powerful expression of community and compassion. We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources.

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Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known.

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Envisioning roles for patient partners in primary health care systems of the future: A structured priority setting exercise [Patient engagement]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

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High use of the emergency department among patients in Krakow, Poland: An alternative to seeking primary care? [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Individuals who frequently attend the ED comprise up to 10% of patients, while accounting for a third of ED visits. There is a lack of information on high ED use in other jurisdictions, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe. Objective: To describe frequent ED use among patients in Krakow, Poland. The mean age was 60.4

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Psychological treatments improve outcomes in opioid-treated chronic low back pain: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

CONTEXT: Existing therapies for chronic low back pain (CLBP) are suboptimal, and many patients resort to opioid therapy. DESIGN/ANALYSIS: This multisite, pragmatic, stakeholder input-informed, randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared CBT and MBT in opioid-treated CLBP. SETTING: Outpatient and community.

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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

Setting: Community-based. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. A single participant with severe loss of autonomy found Proactive less useful as it did not provide him with any new information.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Education and Information Education and information about vaccines can improve vaccine uptake if there is a significant knowledge gap and if the education is culturally and linguistically appropriate.