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Assessing the Efficacy of Didactic Modules in Educating Health Care Professionals in Interprofessional Geriatrics Care
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Tewary, Sweta; Altaf, Rida; Pandya, Naushira; Luis, Melinda; Masri, Hady; Emmadi, Sravya – Educational Gerontology, 2021
The need for improved competency in the health care and caregiving workforce is shaped by several factors. These include demographic shifts, a shortage of trained geriatricians, lack of primary health-care providers with adequate training in geriatrics, and persisting unmet needs reflected by poor health status indicators of older Floridians.…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Medical Education, Graduate Students, Medical Students
The Effects of a Disease Management Program on Self-Reported Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the "Florida--A Healthy State (FAHS)" Medicaid Program
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Morisky, Donald E.; Kominski, Gerald F.; Afifi, Abdelmonem A.; Kotlerman, Jenny B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Premature morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases account for a major proportion of expenditures for health care cost in the United States. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of a disease management program on physiological and behavioral health indicators for Medicaid patients in Florida. A two-year prospective study of…
Descriptors: Hypertension, Chronic Illness, Health Behavior, Child Health