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Policies to increase preventive testing in developing countries should include subsidies towards treatment costs.
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Screening for asymptomatic diseases can reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality in all population groups.
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Drop-in centers can play an important role in facilitating testing among homeless youth, including among injection drug users, but more outreach is needed to encourage testing in other at-risk subgroups.
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Using a subsample of respondents to the 2005 Los Angeles County health survey, the authors examined the relationship between perceptions of the seriousness of HIV/AIDS in one's community and HIV testing.
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US and Canadian differences in cancer screening due to each country's guidelines can potentially explain cross-country differences in breast cancer mortality and affect interpretation of international comparisons of cancer statistics.
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This research brief summaries results of a longitudinal study of military families, which found that spouses and children faced major challenges when one parent was deployed overseas.
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Assesses women's knowledge of the need for cervical cancer screening after HPV vaccination, describes Pap test intentions of vaccinated women, and evaluates whether knowledge and intentions differ across groups at greatest risk for cervical cancer.
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Consumers in high deductible health plans use less health care, but they also cut use of preventive services, even though plans exempt preventive services from the deductible.
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Uptake of new cervical cancer screening protocols can occur quickly among traditionally underserved groups and may be aided by early adoption by specialists.
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A RAND team designed a web-based support tool using clinical algorithms to help minimally trained health care workers and laypeople make informed decisions about care-seeking for influenza-like illness.
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Direct to consumer advertising was associated with increased overall use of a cervical cancer-screening test; clinical guidelines were associated with increased appropriate use.
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First dollar coverage for preventive services increases utilization modestly among healthy individuals, particularly those in lower deductible plans, but patients' predisposing characteristics merit attention.
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Although pain is a common reason for seeking medical care, pain screening at intake is often inaccurate.
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This study adds to the evidence that cultural constructs are associated with secondary prevention of breast cancer.
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Rapid HIV testing is increasing in urban U.S. hospitals, primarily for occupational exposure and in hospitals with greater resources and need. Testing should be encouraged in smaller facilities, the West, and communities with racial/ethnic diversity.
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The authors use data from the baseline patient and physician surveys of two community trials from the CMC research series.
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Study results suggest that integrating HIV and HCV C&T can increase disease screening rates among IDUs.
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Students are unable to benefit from many school programs designed to address their mental health needs if their parents do not consent to their participation.
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The literature summaries that support each of the indicators judged to be valid in the expert panel process are described.
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Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common condition that affects many community-dwelling elderly people.
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