In community after community, pro bono and student-run health clinics have sprung up over the past 30 years, providing critically needed care to medically underserved populations. Free Clinics is a mosaic formed by accounts of such clinics around the United States. These wide-ranging narratives--from urban to rural, from primary care to behavioral health care--provide examples that will assist other communities seeking to find the model that best fits their needs.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has improved access to health care for many Americans, but...
In community after community, pro bono and student-run health clinics have sprung up over the past 30 years, providing critically needed car...
Brennan, Virginia M.; Kumanyika, Shiriki K.; Zambrana, Ruth Enid
The obesity epidemic has a disproportionate impact on communities that are hard-hit by social and economic disadvantages. In Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities, a diverse group of researchers explores effective models for treating and preventing obesity in such communities. The volume provides overviews of the literature at specific junctures of society and health (e.g., the effectiveness of preschool obesity prevention programs), as well as commentaries that shape our understanding of particular parts of the obesity epidemic and field reports on innovative approaches...
The obesity epidemic has a disproportionate impact on communities that are hard-hit by social and economic disadvantages. In Obesity Interventio...
