Researcher receives grant to study poverty-health connection in primary care delivery
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University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the principal investigator of a
$298,368 grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to examine whether health outcomes for low-income individuals will improve if primary care delivery focuses not only on physical and mental health, but also on the effects of poverty.
Dr. White-Means will lead a team for the 18-month project to test how an established model of care, Transition to Success (TTS), which focuses on mental health, physical health, and poverty and its consequences, impacts health care delivery and outcomes for patients of
UTHSC professor wins grant to explore poverty-health link in primary care delivery
Shelley White-Means, PhD, a professor of health economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the principal investigator of a $298,368 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to examine whether health outcomes for low-income individuals will improve if primary care delivery focuses not only on physical and mental health, but also on the effects of poverty.
Dr. White-Means will lead a team for the 18-month project to test how an established model of care, Transition to Success (TTS), which focuses on mental health, physical health, and poverty and its consequences, impacts health care delivery and outcomes for patients of Cherokee Health Systems, a non-profit provider of primary care services to the poor and uninsured in Tennessee, with centers in Memphis.
Court ruling blocks Seattle s efforts to create supervised heroin injection sites Matt Markovich, KOMO News Reporter
Court rules blocks Seattle s efforts to create supervised heroin injection sites
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SEATTLE - Seattle’s efforts to create a supervised consumption site for heroin users to inject while being watched by a nurse received a setback Tuesday.
In a 2-1 vote, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a consumption site in Philadelphia could not open because it would violate federal drug laws.
The supporters of opening a site in Seattle are hopeful a Biden administration with a Democratically-controlled Congress will make it easier to open one legally.