BACKGROUND Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes substantial clinical and economic burden. While several studies have reported the cost to treat CAP, there is little information on the cost to treat by age, risk profile, and hospitalization in US adults aged ≥50 years. OBJECTIVE To quantify the cost, from a payer perspective, of treating CAP at the episode level, stratified by age, risk p...

Amid widespread shortages of health care workers, the role of community health workers (CHWs) has gathered more attention as a way to make primary health care services more available at the community level. In Uganda, as in many countries, volunteer CHWs could be especially important for extending family planning services to underserved populations in rural areas. In Uganda, the latest Demograp...

in 1979, a community health survey for the purpose of establishing population babe. services were conducted in the villages of region of isfahan with a population of about 10,000. the target group involved males and females with in the age group of more than one year old. the population under study, 617 males and 565 females who were selected by household random sampling, where examined for the...

After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, thousands of ill and injured evacuees were transported to Houston, TX. Houston's regional disaster plan was quickly implemented, leading to the activation of the Regional Hospital Preparedness Council's Catastrophic Medical Operations Center and the rapid construction of a 65-examination-room medical facility within the Reliant Cent...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of the literature and examine the effectiveness, optimal circumstances, and best practices for strengthening linkages between family planning and HIV interventions. DESIGN Systematic review of peer-reviewed articles and unpublished program reports ('promising practices') evaluating interventions linking family planning and HIV services. METHODS Artic...

BACKGROUND Aboriginal Australians are more likely than other Australians to cycle in and out of prison on remand or by serving multiple short sentences-a form of serial incarceration and institutionalisation. This cycle contributes to the over-representation of Aboriginal Australians in prison and higher rates of recidivism. Our research examined how primary health care can better meet the heal...

The concept that drives the emerging full-service community school movement is this: Schools cannot address all the problems and needs of disadvantaged children, youth, and families. Community schools are operated jointly by school systems and community agencies, are open extended hours, and may provide the site for after-school programs, primary-care health services, mental health counseling, ...