Background Despite increasingly widespread use of the Papanicolaou smear, almost half of
all women with invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed at a late stage (regional or distant). …

Lack of medical training results in physicians being unprepared to provide care to people
with disabilities, which, in turn, contributes to the substantial health disparities that are evident …

The problems adults with disabilities face obtaining quality primary care services are
persistent and undermine national efforts to improve the health status of this group. Efforts to …

Variation between homeless populations due to socioeconomic and environmental factors
necessitates tailoring medical, health policy, and public health interventions to the unique …

Background There is limited research on screening rates among uninsured cancer survivors.
Uninsured cancer survivors are at higher risk of poorer health outcomes than the insured …

Objectives Uninsured patients represent an understudied population. The current study aimed
to estimate the burden of 10 common chronic conditions and to investigate the associated …

Background and Purpose. Although there has been extensive discussion on the need for
interprofessional education (IPE), available literature that addresses organizational models for …

BACKGROUND. At the University of South Florida College of Medicine, a program designed
to give students four years of primary care training began in 1983. As of 1992, six classes …

In summary, the consensus today is that full disclosure of the diagnosis of cancer to
competent individuals (including children) is morally, ethically, legally, and therapeutically the …

Previous studies have shown seasonal fluctuations in the incidence of most sexually
transmitted diseases, with a peak in the third quarter, but none have specifically evaluated …