{"title":"Meeting health care's fundamental goals through a changing health-care environment.","authors":"B A DeBuono","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"74 2","pages":"308-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359329/pdf/bullnyacadmed01030-0163.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20365866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Conover, A Berkman, A Gheith, R Jahiel, D Stanley, P A Geller, E Valencia, E Susser
Public health is paying increasing attention to elusive urban populations such as the homeless, street drug users, and illegal immigrants. Yet, valid data on the health of these populations remain scarce; longitudinal research, in particular, has been hampered by poor follow-up rates. This paper reports on the follow-up methods used in two randomized clinical trials among one such population, namely, homeless men with mental illness. Each of the two trials achieved virtually complete follow-up over 18 months. The authors describe the ethnographic approach to follow-up used in these trials and elaborate its application to four components of the follow-up: training interviewers, tracking participants, administering the research office, and conducting assessments. The ethnographic follow-up method is adaptable to other studies and other settings, and may provide a replicable model for achieving high follow-up rates in urban epidemiologic studies.
{"title":"Methods for successful follow-up of elusive urban populations: an ethnographic approach with homeless men.","authors":"S Conover, A Berkman, A Gheith, R Jahiel, D Stanley, P A Geller, E Valencia, E Susser","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public health is paying increasing attention to elusive urban populations such as the homeless, street drug users, and illegal immigrants. Yet, valid data on the health of these populations remain scarce; longitudinal research, in particular, has been hampered by poor follow-up rates. This paper reports on the follow-up methods used in two randomized clinical trials among one such population, namely, homeless men with mental illness. Each of the two trials achieved virtually complete follow-up over 18 months. The authors describe the ethnographic approach to follow-up used in these trials and elaborate its application to four components of the follow-up: training interviewers, tracking participants, administering the research office, and conducting assessments. The ethnographic follow-up method is adaptable to other studies and other settings, and may provide a replicable model for achieving high follow-up rates in urban epidemiologic studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"74 1","pages":"90-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359247/pdf/bullnyacadmed01029-0096.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20156010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issues raised by the empire conversion.","authors":"K E Timour","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"326-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359334/pdf/bullnyacadmed01030-0181.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28142309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Questions from the floor. Commonwealth fund investigations of managed care.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"73 2 Suppl","pages":"532-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359212/pdf/bullnyacadmed01033-0060.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19950324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keynote address. Danger and opportunity: the new economics of health care.","authors":"U E Reinhardt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"73 2 Suppl","pages":"538-60; discussion 561-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359220/pdf/bullnyacadmed01033-0066.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19950325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epidemiology of urban morbidities.","authors":"S Bondurant","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"73 1","pages":"70-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359403/pdf/bullnyacadmed01031-0078.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19773702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapy of HIV infections: problems and prospects.","authors":"D D Ho","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":"73 1","pages":"37-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359393/pdf/bullnyacadmed01031-0045.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19773786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentaries on the ecology of medical care.","authors":"K L White","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"206-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359400/pdf/bullnyacadmed01031-0214.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28142289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction.","authors":"K Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"480-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359218/pdf/bullnyacadmed01033-0008.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28142294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the balance sheet: the impact of nonfinancial barriers to care for medicaid and minority populations.","authors":"T W Chapman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72484,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"579-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359205/pdf/bullnyacadmed01033-0107.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28142299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}