Social barriers in accessing care by clients who returned to HIV care after transient loss to follow-up

Loss to Follow-up After Newborn Hearing Screening and Its Related Factors

Background: Hearing loss is one of the most common birth defects and early detection of this disorder at birth is not possible without hearing screening. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of loss to-follow-up after neonatal hearing screening and its related factors in KhoramAbad Province - Iran. Methods: This retrospective correlational study was conducted in the time period...

Barriers to Patient Education in Clinical Care Viewpoints of Nurses

Introduction: Patient education is considered as a standard in quality of nursing care. It is counted as an accrediting criterion for the organizations that provide health services. Meanwhile, there are evidences indicating the failure in this area. As a result, this study aimed to determine barriers to patient education in managerial, individual care-giving, as well as patients and caregivers ...

Barriers to accessing HIV/AIDS care in North Carolina: rural and urban differences.

Many HIV-positive individuals face multiple barriers to care and therefore frequently experience unmet medical and support services needs. Rural areas often lack the infrastructure to support the delivery of comprehensive HIV services; however, few studies have examined service barriers faced by rural residents with HIV/AIDS, particularly in the South where two-thirds of people living with HIV/...

Barriers to accessing primary health care: comparing Australian experiences internationally.

Most highly developed economies have embarked on a process of primary health care (PHC) transformation. To provide evidence on how nations vary in terms of accessing PHC, the aim of this study is to describe the extent to which barriers to access were experienced by adults in Australia compared with other countries. Communities participating in an international research project on PHC access in...

Barriers to accessing health care among transgender individuals