Importance Stay-at-home orders, site closures, staffing shortages, and competing COVID-19
testing and treatment needs all potentially decreased primary care access and quality during …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, many non-COVID-19 emergency department
(ED) visits were indirectly affected. ED visits and mortality were assessed during different …

Abstract Introduction Community health centers (CHCs) provide historically marginalized
populations with primary care, including cancer screening. Previous studies have reported …

Introduction Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) are on the frontline of
efforts to improve healthcare equity and reduce disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 …

Objectives With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 a global pandemic impacted on health
promotion, overlapping and hindering efforts to overcome the worldwide pandemic of …

Objective: To describe telemedicine use patterns and understand clinic's approaches to
shifting care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used electronic health …

Using novel national data, we examined the association between 2020 federal COVID-
related funding targeted to health centers (ie, H8 funding) and health center workforce and …

Regional development in an area will have consequences for the health status of the
surrounding community. This paper discusses the adequacy of community health center …

Objectives Fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is an effective screening tool for colorectal
cancer. If an FIT is abnormal, a follow-up colonoscopy is necessary to remove polyps or find …

Although it is a preventable and potentially curable disease, cervical cancer is still a
common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the …