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 4, November 2013Table of Contents
Part 1: International and Immigrant Health
Report from the Field
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View Health, Hope, and Human Development: Building Capacity in Public Housing Communities on the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Brief Communication
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View Utility and Effectiveness of Orbito-ocular B-scan Ultrasonography in an African Developing Country
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Original Papers
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View Community Health Workers, Social Support and Cervical Cancer Screening among High-risk Groups in Rural Mexico
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View Are Very Poor Women More Vulnerable to Violence Against Women?: Comparison of Experiences of Female Beggars with Homemakers in an Urban Slum Settlement in Ibadan, Nigeria
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View The Cultural Basis for Oral Health Practices among Somali Refugees Pre-and Post-Resettlement in Massachusetts
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View Increasing Access to Care for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients: Assessment of a Scaling-up Program
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View Are Differences between Patient and Provider Explanatory Models of Diabetes Associated with Patient Self-Management and Glycemic Control?
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Part 2: Mental Health
Report from the Field
Brief Communications
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View The Influence of Perceived Discrimination on Health-Related Quality of Life in an East Coast American Indian Tribe
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Original Papers
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View Contours of Usual Care: Meeting the Medical Needs of Diverse People with Serious Mental Illness
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View Nurse versus Community Health Worker Identification of Psychosocial Risks in Pregnancy through a Structured Interview
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View Patients’ Perceived Cultural Sensitivity of Health Care Office Staff and Its Association with Patients’ Health Care Satisfaction and Treatment Adherence
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Part 3 Diverse Ethnicities in the United States
Heroes and Great Ideas
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View “Sisters In Motion Memphis:” A Faith-Based Community Effort to Lose Weight and Improve the Health of African American Women
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Reports from the Field
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View Development and Implementation of a Navigator-Facilitated Care Coordination Algorithm to Improve Clinical Outcomes of Underserved Latino Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes
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View Establishing the Infrastructure to Comprehensively Address Cancer Disparities: A Model for Transdisciplinary Approaches
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View Addressing the Unexpected: Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Partnership with a Low-income, Rural Community
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View Understanding and Reducing Obstacles in a Collaboration between a Minority Institution and a Cancer Center
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Brief Communications
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View Patterns of Clinical Response to PSA Elevation in American Indian/Alaska Native Men: A Multi-center Pilot Study
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Original Papers
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View Prevalence and Correlates of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among a Midwest Community Sample of Low-Acculturated Latinas
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View Triglyceride Screening May Improve Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Assessment in Latinos with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
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View Health Literacy, Physician Trust, and Diabetes-related Self-care Activities in Hispanics with Limited Resources
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Part 4: Health Policy
Original Papers
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View African American Men’s and Women’s Perceptions of Clinical Trials Research: Focusing on Prostate Cancer among a High-Risk Population in the South
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View Efficiency Disparities among Community Hospitals in Tennessee: Do Size, Location, Ownership, and Network Matter?
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| ISSN | 1548-6869 |
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| Print ISSN | 1049-2089 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2013-10-31 |
| Open Access | No |
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