Publications by authors named "Barbara Clinton"
Article Synopsis
- Rural hospitals in the US, particularly in Tennessee, are closing at alarming rates, resulting in reduced healthcare access for rural populations.
- Interviews with stakeholders from five diverse rural communities in Tennessee revealed key strategies that have helped some hospitals survive despite these closures.
- The analysis identified six main themes related to preventing closures, including government policies, commercial factors, internal business strategies, community engagement, ongoing challenges, and the impact of behavioral health and substance abuse issues.
Free afterschool program for at-risk African American children: findings and lessons.
Fam Community Health
November 2013
A promising afterschool intervention to increase health knowledge and influence choices to reduce risks related to type II diabetes in school-aged, low-income, African American youth is described. Researchers used a community-based program called CASTLES (Communities and Students Together for Learning Enhanced Service). Repeated measures were used to test the effect of the afterschool program on exercise and nutrition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker program in low-income families.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
August 2013
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker program (MIHOW) is a community-based intervention dedicated to enhancing birth outcomes and healthy child development. Trained neighborhood women provide home and group services to underserved families in rural and inner city communities. This report describes MIHOW's history and work in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
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