Parish nurse-initiated interdisciplinary mobile health care delivery project.
Parish nurses and a school of pharmacy faculty collaborated on a mobile health project to bring screening and preventive services to low-income neighborhoods. Outcome measures indicated that older women were most likely to use these services. This project fostered a positive, trusting client-provider relationship that formed the basis of clients' motivation to make lifestyle changes. Future direction includes collaboration with an academic nursing center to expand services in chronic care management.
Mayernik
Dorothy
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Parish Nurse and Health Ministry Program, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, 1515 Locust Street, Suite 705, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. dmayernik@mercy.pmhs.org
Resick
Lenore K
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Skomo
Monica L
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Mandock
Kate
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration