Introducing service-learning to dietetic students.
Abstract Service-learning was introduced into a medical nutrition therapy class of senior level dietetics students. Students (n=11) developed and delivered lessons to diabetes education classes. Evaluation of the project showed it to be beneficial to clients and students. Clients demonstrated a 24% increase in knowledge following the...

Mental health services in the Arab world.
INTRODUCTION THE ARAB REGION HAS A POPULATION of 275 million with the highest population density being in Egypt. Despite several similarities that characterize our countries as a "homogenous" region with overlapping problems and challenges, yet mental health issues and services show several variations. Some Arab countries enjoy...

The making of a resource center for homeless people in San Francisco's Mission District: a community collaboration.
The Mission District of San Francisco is a diverse neighborhood with substantial populations of immigrant families from Mexico and Central America; artists, activists, and other people living alternative lifestyles; young dot-com professionals; and a high concentration of homeless people (Little & Murray, 2005). The community has a similarly diverse...

Do U.S. family planning clinics encourage parent-child communication? Findings from an exploratory survey.
Generally speaking, adolescents have the legal right to consent to contraceptive and STD services. All states allow minors (adolescents younger than 18) to consent to STD services, and these state laws implicitly guarantee confidentiality. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia explicitly allow all minors to consent to contraceptive...

Veterans amendment is rejected; House adds $200M to budget.
Byline: John J. Monahan The following correction was published April 28, 2007: A budget amendment earmark to re-create community health center services at the Elm Park Community School was not included in the final budget voted on by the House yesterday. The Telegram & Gazette...

Rural CAMHS for better or worse? (Programs and Practice).
Recruitment difficulties and technological advancements are factors that greatly impact on remote community mental health service delivery. This paper looks anecdotally at the issues of introducing new services and concepts into remote communities that have evolved and maintained their own social fabric and structures. It looks at how small...

U.S. EPA's indoor air quality programs and CARE.
Editor's note: As part of our effort to highlight innovative approaches to improving the environment and the health of communities, the Journal is featuring a bimonthly column from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPAs) new Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. Since the CARE program is...

The MOM Project: delivering maternal health services among internally displaced populations in eastern Burma.
Abstract: Alternative strategies to increase access to reproductive health services among internally displaced populations are urgently needed. In eastern Burma, continuing conflict and lack of functioning health systems render the emphasis on facility-based delivery with skilled attendants unfeasible. Along the Thailand-Burma border, local organisations have implemented an innovative pilot,...

Communities and hospitals: social capital, community accountability, and service provision in U.S. community hospitals.
Despite its brief existence, the Clinton administration's health care reform gave rise to a renewed interest in containing the self-serving interests of health care organizations and in promoting those organizations' accountability toward serving the health needs of local populations (Bogue et al. 1997). Community hospitals have been the target...

Community Clinics Receive $2.5 Million From Sutter Health.
Grant money targets medical and dental centers serving uninsured SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest outreach to help community clinics in Northern California, Sutter Health announced today that it will give more than $2.5 million to 26 medical and dental centers serving low-income, uninsured...