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- Abstract:
- The aim of this project was to focus on refugees, particularly refugees from Myanmar, in order to understand why the rate of physician visits fell off following their first eight months of subsidized care. A chart review was performed to find patients that fit into our criteria for patients that have fallen out of care. Through use of phone interviews, we aimed to understand the barriers to care for these patients and to see how we could bring them back to care. In addition, we would use the information obtained to educate providers to promote a better continuation of care amongst refugee populations. The results obtained from the phone interviews showed that patients did not know or understand what the concept of primary care was prior to our phone interviews. We also found that patients had difficulty in speaking with the front desk and making appointments as their primary language is not English.
- Notes:
- Scholarly Concentration: Caring for Underserved Communities
Citation
Khammahavong, Gary,
"Barriers to care:
what stops refugees from continuing primary care?
"
(2015).
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:581527/
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Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
The Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium is an annual event at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University that provides Year II medical students a venue to present their summer research in a poster format. Participation in the Symposium …...