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Informing Strategy To Ensure Detection: Perceptions Of Coronavirus Testing In A Southeastern U.S. Urban Homeless Population, Colleen Bell, Theodore Bosi, Barbara L. Gracious
Informing Strategy To Ensure Detection: Perceptions Of Coronavirus Testing In A Southeastern U.S. Urban Homeless Population, Colleen Bell, Theodore Bosi, Barbara L. Gracious
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Introduction: Attitudes of those in the homeless population toward testing, particularly during a pandemic, are critical to understand, so that they and their communities may be safely triaged and protected. Homeless persons are more likely to be exposed during viral epidemics, and have greater vulnerability for more severe viral illness, due to greater medical comorbidities. The literature reflects a dearth of published papers describing the perceptions, interest, and motivations of homeless people to seek or receive viral testing, despite their status as a high-risk population.
Methods: A quality improvement project consisting of a cross-sectional survey took place at 8 SARS-CoV-2 …
Covid-19 Needs Assessment And Support For Primary Care Practices In Western North Carolina, Sheri Denslow, Jill Fromewick, Kacey Scott, Jesse Bossingham, Brian Cass, Bryan Hodge, Erica L. Richman, Tammy Garrity, Kathleen Mottus, Jacqueline R. Halladay
Covid-19 Needs Assessment And Support For Primary Care Practices In Western North Carolina, Sheri Denslow, Jill Fromewick, Kacey Scott, Jesse Bossingham, Brian Cass, Bryan Hodge, Erica L. Richman, Tammy Garrity, Kathleen Mottus, Jacqueline R. Halladay
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Background: It is critical to ensure that Primary Care Providers (PCPs) have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), supplies, training, staffing, and contingency planning during pandemics, particularly in rural areas. In March 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), in collaboration with the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill, rapidly created and conducted a needs assessment of PCPs in western North Carolina (WNC).
Methods: A group of twenty volunteers conducted a telephone survey of PCPs in a 16 county region of WNC. Practices were asked about their …