In this Issue
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on contemporary health care issues of medically underserved communities. JHCPU addresses such diverse areas as health care access, quality, costs, legislation, regulations, health promotion, and disease prevention from a North American, Central American, Caribbean, and sub-Saharan African perspective. Regular features include research papers and reports, literature reviews, policy analyses, and evaluations of noteworthy health care programs, as well as a regular column written by members of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is the official journal of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU).
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Volume 24, Number 3, August 2013Table of Contents
ACU Column
Medical Education
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View An Intersectoral, International Policy Fellowship Experience as a Framework for Faculty Development: The Marshall Memorial Fellowship
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Part 1: Working with Communities
Reports from the Field
Brief Communications
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View An Interprofessional Collaborative Approach in the Development of a Caries Risk Assessment mobile tablet application: My Smile Buddy
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View The Prevalence of Trauma and Childhood Adversity in an Urban, Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
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View Doctors and Lawyers Collaborating to HeLP Children—: Outcomes from a Successful Partnership between Professions
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Original Papers
Part 2: Cancer
Brief Communications
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View Black White Disparities in Receiving a Physician Recommendation for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Reasons for not Undergoing Screening
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View A Comparison of Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among Average-Risk Insured American Indian/Alaska Native and White Women
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Original Papers
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View Comparison of Cancer Care and Outcomes between a Public Safety-Net Hospital and a Private Cancer Center
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View Genetic Counseling, Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer Characteristics, and General Health among a Diverse Population of BRCA Genetic Testers
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View Do Hospitals that Serve a High Percentage of Medicaid Patients Perform Well on Evidence-based Guidelines for Colon Cancer Care?
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Part 3: General Public Health
Literature Review
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Commentaries
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View HIV, Tobacco Use, and Poverty: A Potential Cause of Disparities in Health Status by Race and Socioeconomic Status
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Brief Communications
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View Perceptions of Harm to Health from Cigarettes, Blunts, and Marijuana among Young Adult African American Men
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Original Papers
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Part 4: Health Policy
Report fron the Field
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Brief Communication
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View Effect of Race and Health Insurance on Health Disparities: Results from the National Health Interview Survey 2010
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Commentary
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View An Academic, Business, and Community Alliance to Promote Evidence-based Public Health Policy: The Case of Primary Seat Belt Legislation
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Original Papers
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View Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Insights from Members, Administrators and Health Care Providers
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View Losing Work: Regional Unemployment and its Effect on Homeless Demographic Characteristics, Needs, and Health Care
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Book Reviews
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View Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds by Sabrina Marie Chase (review)
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| ISSN | 1548-6869 |
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| Print ISSN | 1049-2089 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2013-08-24 |
| Open Access | No |
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