Industrial and Community Services Promote Family Health

Health services in tuberculosis control: family focus and community orientation.

This study aimed to assess, according to patients' perception, the performance of the Health Services responsible for tuberculosis (TB) control, concerning the dimensions family focus and community orientation. A cross-sectional evaluative research was carried out with 108 TB patients. A questionnaire developed by Starfield and Macinko was used, adapted for TB care by Villa and Ruffino-Netto. R...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

Redesigning community mental health services for urban children: Supporting schooling to promote mental health.

OBJECTIVE This study examined a school- and home-based mental health service model, Links to Learning, focused on empirical predictors of learning as primary goals for services in high-poverty urban communities. METHOD Teacher key opinion leaders were identified through sociometric surveys and trained, with mental health providers and parent advocates, on evidence-based practices to enhance c...

School-Based Health Centers to Promote Health Equity: Recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

Task Force Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends the implementation and maintenance of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in low-income communities, based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving educational and health outcomes. Improved educational outcomes include school performance, grade promotion, and high school completion. Improved health outcomes i...

Department of Family and Community Services