This column describes and evaluates the Harris County Community Behavioral Health Program, a new integrated care program operating in community health centers serving low-income uninsured residents in Houston, Texas. Patient service data, provider satisfaction, patient outcome data, and appointment waiting periods were obtained to evaluate the initial operation of the program. The integrated ca...

Academic health centers are essential in many communities, providing professions education and patient-focused services. These institutions often serve as anchor for community-engaged efforts to underserved populations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, central nature of academic centers, well-being were on full display. This special issue aims contribute expand our understanding inform empirically...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of an intervention on healthcare professionals' perceptions of barriers influencing their provision of decision support for callers facing cancer-related decisions. DESIGN A pre- and post-test study guided by the Ottawa Model of Research Use. SETTING Australian statewide cancer call center that provides public access to information and supportive ca...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of community general practitioners (GPs) and nurses about pre-hospital stroke recognition, treatment and management and secondary stroke prevention; to identify the sociodemographic and educational factors influencing knowledge. METHODS A self-designed test questionnaire was applied in a self-administered close-exam setting ...

OBJECTIVE The federal government boosted support for community health centers in medically underserved areas in 2002-2007. This investigation compared trends in behavioral health services provided by community health centers nationwide during the first several years of that initiative with immediately prior trends. METHODS Data were extracted from the Health Resources and Services Administrat...

Method Fourteen federally qualified community health centers (FQHCs) in Seattle and King County, Washington participated (2008-2015) in an effort to implement collaborative care for depression in high risk mothers. An expert panel based framework was used to identify key elements of the collaborative care model. This theory based framework guided operationalization of fidelity measures of this ...