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Screening For Social Determinants Of Health In The Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Winifred Ann Shouse

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Social determinants of health are the conditions in which individuals are born, age, work, and live that affect health status and outcomes (Rivich et al., 2019). These social and environmental factors can create barriers to patients being able to access and adhere to recommendations for chronic disease management (Gold, et al., 2019). Communication gaps between patients and primary care providers make it challenging for healthcare providers to be completely aware of the financial burdens their patients encounter (Patel et al., 2016). Research supports that identifying and addressing the barriers related to social determinants of health can improve the management of …

Japanese Patients' Preference For Patient-Centered Medicine And Its Association With The Satisfaction Of Patients With Their Family Physicians, Tesshu Kusaba

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Aims: This thesis explored Japanese patients’ preference for Patient-centered medicine, which was one of the core principles of family medicine, and its association with the satisfaction of patients with their family physicians.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine Japanese patients’ preference for 3 factors of Patient-centered medicine and their satisfaction with the practice by family physicians, using patient questionnaires pre and post consultation.

Findings: The majority of Japanese patients preferred all 3 of the factors of Patient-centered medicine: Communication, Partnership and Health Promotion. The more vulnerable the patients, the more their expressed preference. A high proportion of patients …

Implementing Integrated Care In Family Medicine: Description And Outcomes In An Underserved Population, Zach Radcliff

Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: Family physicians provide access to medical and behavioral healthcare for many underserved populations. Integrating behavioral health clinicians into primary care practices has been proposed as one of the most effective ways to increase access to necessary behavioral health services for many Americans. Integrated behavioral healthcare (IBHC) has begun to be implemented in family medicine practices but there is limited research examining the impact for patients and clinic staff. This study begins to fill this gap in the literature by examining the effects of implementing integrated behavioral healthcare in an urban family medicine clinic in a medically underserved area.

Objective: …