Enhancing primary healthcare in under-resourced communities with mobile health clinics.

Mobile health clinics (MHCs) have the potential to enhance primary care in low-resource communities. This article describes an initiative spearheaded by public health nurses that utilized MHCs to provide affordable, equitable, and culturally appropriate primary healthcare services to a rural community in Haiti.

A glimmer of hope: My reflections on global health efforts in Haiti.

Many factors impact access to care and global health equity, which can be transformed by nursing. When healthcare infrastructure is suboptimal, nursing's role expands exponentially. In this reflection, I share my experiences accessing healthcare as a child in a low-resource community and highlight nursing activities to improve global health equity.

Communication experiences of family caregivers of hospitalized adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities-A qualitative study.

Aim: To explore communication experiences between family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and healthcare personnel during hospitalization.

Design: A qualitative descriptive study approach with interviews of family caregivers was used.

Method: Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted from June-September 2015 with ten family caregivers of adults with I/DD.