Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Preventive Care Practices in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Appalachian Kentucky.

University collaboration with a federally qualified health center resulted in adaptation and implementation of an evidenced-based intervention promoting preventive care, including cancer screening. Here, we focus on strategic planning, formative research, staff commitment, patient perceptions, data refinements, and organizational investments; successes, lessons learned, and challenges are also discussed.

Children with early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): analysis of a pediatric IBD consortium registry.

Objective: To determine the characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young patients.

Study Design: Uniform data were collected from a cohort of patients with IBD who were enrolled from January 2000 to November 2002 at six pediatric centers (Pediatric IBD Consortium).

Results: Of 1370 children in the registry, the mean age at IBD diagnosis was 10.