Background: Lower access to transportation serves as a barrier to healthcare and social support for people with disability. In Rhode Island prior scheduling of paratransit …
Background: Mental health and substance abuse issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic: ● 37.1% of Rhode Island (RI) adults reported …
BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) often have to receive care for many ailments that require multiple appointments, which can lead to persistent gaps in …
Background: Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) patient population has grown by 30,000 in the past decade.13 During this time, the Black non-Hispanic patient population at …
Intro: Colon cancer kills approximately 881,000 people annually with better outcomes with early detection. Some groups, facing barriers to receiving colorectal cancer screening (CRCS), are …
Background: Burnout for healthcare workers has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in Rhode Island. Providers and their support staff at many federally qualified …
Background: There is a growing amount of literature linking worse health outcomes to the presence of social determinants of health in patients with asthma, diabetes, …
Background: While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents 6 months and older receive COVID-19 vaccinations, research has shown that pediatric …
Within our country, 21.6% of people speak a language other than English at home. This contributes to language barriers in healthcare which can result to …
Background: The sickest 10% of the population in the U.S. accounts for roughly two-thirds of healthcare spending, while the healthiest 50% account for only 3%.11 …
A retrospective chart review of a federally qualified health center in Rhode Island with a correlation between social determinants of health and substance use.
Background: On an average night in 2019, about 54,000 families across the United States were experiencing homelessness. While family homelessness is declining nationally and in …
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) affect the onset and progression of type II diabetes. Thus, SDOH screening is vital for effective diabetes management. At …
Background: There is a need to encourage social support to promote better health outcomes in the U.S., especially for vulnerable populations who face larger health …