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"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The experience of ethnically diverse parents of children with serious illness in the US healthcare system has not been well studied. Participants: Twenty-six parent participants (eight Somali, ten Hmong, and eight Latin American) of children with serious illness were recruited through local clinics and hospitals.

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The Case of the Dropping Albumin

A Country Doctor Writes

Back in March, Glenda became very ill very quickly and was first admitted to our local hospital and within 24 hours they transferred her to Cityside. Maine has a health information exchange where most hospital systems upload their clinic notes, imaging and laboratory results. Lo and behold, it is now normal.

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Health Trends Across Communities: a healthcare system-public health collaboration to advance health equity across Minnesota [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Public health data in the Unites States often report on a limited number of conditions, are unable to identify trends in small geographic regions, or are not timely enough to inform current policy. Objective: To use summary EHR information to support efforts to improve community health and health equity in Minnesota.

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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Illness Script

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Today we are going to talk about Illness scripts ! Define an illness script 2.- Describe the core components of an illness script 3.- Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- Practice applying an illness script as a learning tool What is an Illness script? So let’s dive in!

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The role of visualization, previous help-seeking, and intentions to seek help from a PCP for depression:An outcome evaluation [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Recently, an online pilot study found that completing an MCII increased self-reported help-seeking (HS) and HS intentions (HSI) compared to an information-only control (IC) among individuals with depression who were not seeking professional help at Time 1 (T1). The final HLM model of the data (X2(8)=4.7,

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Vaccine News You Can Use

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

Walt Larimore, MD This respiratory illness season is a busy one for immunization recommendations and guidelines. In addition to his frequent contributions and regular column in Colorado FP, Dr. Walt Larimore has compiled even more information and CME questions to support your learning and patient care.

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Co-occurring Issues Facing Patients Who Use Unregulated Drugs: Insights From a Survey in Edmonton, Canada [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument Survey questions focused on socio-demographic information, substance use patterns, health status, use of treatment and harm reduction services, and acceptability of emerging services. Conclusions There is a substantial rate of co-occurring houselessness and mental illness among PWUD in central Edmonton.

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