‘Cultural sensitivity’, often referred to as ‘cultural competence’, emphasizes the need for healthcare providers and systems to be aware of and responsive to patients’ cultural backgrounds and perspectives [15,16]. Despite numerous appeals for consensus in the literature [17,18,19], conceptual...
, involved in all testing, provided a diagnosis of dementia using Benson and Cummings' criteria, defined as acquired impairment in at least 3 of 5 domains, including memory, language, visuospatial ability, higher cognition, and mood or personality.22 Physicians' recognition of dementia Immediately...
All analyses were carried out using SUDAAN statistical software, version 9.0 (Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC). Results The sample of primary care physicians consisted of both family/general practitioners (57%) and general internists (43%). Most were male (76%), middle-...
Helfand. (2013) Primary care physician PSA screening practices before and after the final U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations /Tomy Y. Perez, Matthew R. Danzig, Rashed A. Ghandour, Ketan K. Badani, Mitchell C. Benson, ...
Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, UK c General Practitioner, Agia Barbara Health Care Centre, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; University Medical Center of Groningen, The Netherlands d General Practitioner, Gagnef Primary Health Care Centre, Gagnef, Sweden; Department of Public Health...
There is increasing interest in screening for adverse childhood experiences in pediatric primary care, but no evidence of the actual consequences on behavioral/mental health services. This study tested the association between initiation of ACEs screening in pediatric primary care and changes in the rate...
This article describes the protocol for a two-year study of the health and economic impact of a primary care integrative medicine (IM) clinic. IM is defined as a health promoting, prevention-oriented clinical paradigm that explicitly includes conventional medical treatment together with the use of ...
Aakre JM, Brown CH, Benson KM, Drapalski AL, Gearon JS. Trauma exposure and PTSD in women with schizophrenia and coexisting substance use disorders: comparisons to women with severe depression and substance use disorders.Psychiatry research. 2014;220(3):840–5.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psych...
about genetics and genomics, and identify reliable resources to use or refer patients. While provider educational efforts have increased, with the rapid advances in the field, ongoing efforts will be needed to prepare PCPs to manage patient needs, integrate results into care, and refer as ...
In recent years, healthcare institutions have increasingly adopted preventive population health strategies to promote healthier behaviours within communities. In 2021, the National Healthcare Group, one of Singapore’s three Regional Healthcare Clusters, launched the “Living Well @ School” Model with ...