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Scholarly Publications
A Randomized Trial of Computer-based Reminders and Audit and Feedback to Improve HIV Screening in a Primary Care Setting
August 2009
Despite recommendations for voluntary HIV screening, few medical centres have implemented screening programmes.
Families' Health-Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities
June 2007
Objective: The objectives of this study were to characterize (1) families' cumulative burden of health-related social problems regarding access to health care, housing, food security, income...
Screening Mammography for Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians
April 2007
Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of death for women in their 40s in the United States.
Other Publications
ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the America
May 2009
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), along with key specialty and subspecialty societies, conducted an appropriate use review of common clinical scenarios where cardiac...
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, Winter 2008 Issue
January 2008
This issue of CHP/PCOR's Quarterly Update covers news from the Fall 2007 quarter and includes articles about: the 2007 Eisenberg Legacy Lecture event, featuring CHP/PCOR core faculty member Victor...
News
SHP-led study shows U.S. Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa
December 2019
The U.S.
More C02 in the air could lead to more human disease
July 2018
The rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means that crops are becoming less nutritious, and that change could lead to higher rates of malnutrition that predispose people to various...
Projects
Rethinking the Balance Between Future Obesity and Malnutrition with Climate Change
As India's middle class has expanded, the nation's public health concerns have shifted. Obesity rates have risen, coinciding with a surge in diabetes.
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