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Participatory Group Prenatal Education Using Photonovels: Evaluation of a Lay Health Educator Model with Low-Income Latinas
Susan J. Auger, Sarah Verbiest, James V. Spickard, Florence M. Simán & Mélida Colindres Research | Vol. 7, 2015 | December 1, 2015
A participatory prenatal education program can foster health literacy and empowerment among low-income Latinas, according to this study. The authors examined the effectiveness of a program in which trained lay educators facilitated groups using photonovels and experiential learning activities.
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Participatory Group Prenatal Education Using Photonovels: Evaluation of a Lay Health Educator Model with Low-Income Latinas
Susan J. Auger, Sarah Verbiest, James V. Spickard, Florence M. Simán & Mélida Colindres Research | Vol. 7, 2015 | December 1, 2015
A participatory prenatal education program can foster health literacy and empowerment among low-income Latinas, according to this study. The authors examined the effectiveness of a program in which trained lay educators facilitated groups using photonovels and experiential learning activities.
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Exploring an American Indian Participatory Medical Model
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perspective
An e-Patient Awakening: Endometriosis
Dave deBronkart & Anonymous Narratives | Perspective | Vol. 7, 2015 | July 1, 2015
An anonymous e-patient candidly shares lessons learned after endometriosis surgery.
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But You Said I Wouldn’t Need Radiation
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Improved Lifestyle is the Pathway to Health
Charles W. Smith & John Lester Editorials | Vol. 7, 2015 | October 6, 2015
it is ironic that patient-provider encounters spend so much time and effort on obtaining lab tests and adjusting medications and doses when attention isn’t being paid to addressing basic lifestyle issues. What accounts for this disconnect?
Read MoreMaking Treatment Decisions in the Midst of Chaos
Lightning Goes to Ground
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columns
Just Text Me: Using SMS Technology for Collaborative Patient Mood Charting
April C. Foreman, Chris Hall, Karen Bone, Jeffrey Cheng & Adam Kaplin Innovations | Vol. 3, 2011 | September 26, 2011
Mood 24/7 is an innovation in traditional mood charting that uses text-messaging technology and may increase patient engagement and accuracy in reporting mood symptoms.
Read MoreImplementing an Interoperable Personal Health Record in Pediatrics: Lessons Learned at an Academic Children’s Hospital
Innovations in Participatory Medicine: The Advent of Do-It-Yourself Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Media Watch
Book Review: The Girl on the 6th Floor
Wendy Station Media Watch | Books & Literature | Vol. 6, 2014 | December 30, 2014
Written by the father of an encephalitis survivor, this book shows participatory medicine at its best.
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