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Kleszynski K, Jervis L, TallBull G, Porter O, Bair BD, Shore JH, Manson SM, Kaufman CE. Tribal Perspectives on Patient Navigation for Rural Native Veterans Using Veteran Health Administration Services. J Community Health 2024; 49:475-484. [PMID: 38103115 DOI: 10.1007/s10900-023-01305-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) Veterans enrolled in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits program are far less likely to access health care compared to other racial/ethnic groups, in part driven by challenges posed by often distant, complex, and culturally unresponsive health care that does not easily interface with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and local Tribal Health Care. To address this disparity, in 2020 the Veteran's Health Administration's (VHA) Office of Rural Health (ORH) initiated the development of a patient navigation program designed specifically for rural Native Veterans. There are no navigation programs for rural Native Veterans to guide development of such a program. Hence, the project team sought perspectives from rural Native Veterans, their families, and community advocates, (n = 34), via video and phone interviews about the role and functions of a Veteran patient navigator and personal characteristics best be suited for such a position. Participants believed a navigator program would be useful in assisting rural Native Veterans to access VHA care. They emphasized the importance of empathy, support, knowledge of local culture, and of Veteran experience within tribal communities, adeptness with VHA systems, and personnel consistency. These insights are critical to create a program capable of increasing rural Native Veteran access to VHA services.
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- Keith Kleszynski
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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- Veterans Rural Health Resources Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Veterans Rural Health Resources Center, Salt Lake City, UT and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
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- Veterans Rural Health Resources Center, Salt Lake City, UT and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
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Beezhold J, Fothergill D, Jervis L, Mosa G, Pandey A, Pandey S. Referrals and outcomes of assessment for compulsory admission under the mental health act 1983 in Norfolk, England. Eur Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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IntroductionA significant number of people are not detained in hospital following assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) for possible detention. However, since amendments in 2007, some studies show an increase in total patient detentions. There is currently a lack of published research describing both outcomes and their affecting variables.ObjectivesTo determine rates, outcomes and affecting variables of MHA assessments in Norfolk, 2001–2011.MethodsThis observational study involved data collection from all 11,509 referrals for detention assessment under the MHA. Data was collected by Norfolk Social Services from 2001–2011 including age, gender and marital status.ResultsFollowing assessment, 6903 (60.0%) were admitted; of those, 1157 (16.8%) were voluntary and 5746 (83.2%) were detained; 4606 (40%) were not admitted. Admission rates for males (50.4%) and females (49.5%) were similar. Detention rates increased with age: 37.6% of < 18s; 47.1% of 18–64s and 61.4% of 65+. A greater proportion of married (57.5%) and widowed patients (58.2%) were detained, compared with patients who were single (48%). Accommodation status showed 52% of those living with other were detained versus 43.9% of those with no fixed abode.ConclusionsThe finding that a higher proportion of married than single people, and of those living with others versus living alone, were detained following assessment is unexpected but significant and needs further investigation.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Jervis L. President's Message. A&A 2012. [DOI: 10.5195/aa.2012.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Beals J, Belcourt-Dittloff A, Freedenthal S, Kaufman C, Mitchell C, Whitesell N, Albright K, Beauvais F, Belcourt G, Duran B, Fleming C, Floersch N, Foley K, Jervis L, Kipp BJ, Mail P, Manson S, May P, Mohatt G, Morse B, Novins D, O'Connell J, Parker T, Quintero G, Spicer P, Stiffman A, Stone J, Trimble J, Venner K, Walters K. Reflections on a proposed theory of reservation-dwelling American Indian alcohol use: comment on Spillane and Smith (2007). Psychol Bull 2009; 135:339-43; discussion 344-6. [PMID: 19254084 DOI: 10.1037/a0014819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In their recent article, N. Spillane and G. Smith suggested that reservation-dwelling American Indians have higher rates of problem drinking than do either non-American Indians or those American Indians living in nonreservation settings. These authors further argued that problematic alcohol use patterns in reservation communities are due to the lack of contingencies between drinking and "standard life reinforcers" (SLRs), such as employment, housing, education, and health care. This comment presents evidence that these arguments were based on a partial review of the literature. Weaknesses in the application of SLR constructs to American Indian reservation communities are identified as is the need for culturally contextualized empirical evidence supporting this theory and its application. Cautionary notes are offered about the development of literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, and policy recommendations for American Indian communities.
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- Janette Beals
- American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 USA.
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- L Jervis
- SEED Programme, Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth
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Jervis LM, Jervis L. Are we getting W.I.S.E. (Women Into Science and Engineering) or do we still have W.A.S.T.E. (Women Averse Science, Technology and Engineering). Biochem Soc Trans 1998; 26:S105. [PMID: 9649780 DOI: 10.1042/bst026s105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- L M Jervis
- Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth.
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Jervis L, Rees-Naesborg R, Brown M. Biochemical responses of the marine macroalgae Ulva lactuca and Fucus vesiculosus to cadmium and copper-from sequestration to oxidative stress. Biochem Soc Trans 1997; 25:63S. [PMID: 9056961 DOI: 10.1042/bst025063s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- L Jervis
- Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus.
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- L Jervis
- Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth.
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- L Jervis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth
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- L Jervis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth
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- L Jervis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, U.K
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Schmidt CNG, Jervis L. Partial Purification and Characterization of Glutamate Synthase from a Thermophilic Bacillus. Microbiology (Reading) 1982. [DOI: 10.1099/00221287-128-8-1713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Jervis L. Characterization of potato (Solanum tuberosum)lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes by affinity chromatography and hybridization. Biochem J 1981; 197:755-8. [PMID: 7325984 PMCID: PMC1163192 DOI: 10.1042/bj1970755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The five isoenzymes of potato (Solanum tuberasum) lactate dehydrogenase have been resolved by affinity chromatography. Mixtures of isoenzymes LDH-1 and LDH-5 dissociate and reassociate during freezing and thawing to produce five isoenzymes. These results indicate that potato lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes are primary isoenzymes of the vertebrate type, which are composed of two subunit types.
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Anderson PA, Jervis L. Affinity purification of malate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase from fish muscle on micro-spherical porous ceramic adsorbents [proceedings]. Biochem Soc Trans 1977; 5:728-31. [PMID: 902904 DOI: 10.1042/bst0050728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ribosomes can be released from highly purified preparations of the cell walls of barley shoots by passing the suspension of cell walls through a French press. The sedimentation coefficients and base composition of the cell-wall ribosomes are identical with those of cytoplasmic ribosomes. It is suggested that the ribosomes isolated from the walls were originally incorporated into the wall structure during formation of the primary wall.
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A method for isolating extensively purified cell walls from higher plants is described; the preparations contain no detectable chloroplast or nuclear material and the protein content (2-5% of the dry wt. of walls) indicates that there is little contamination with cytoplasm. Incubation of purified cell walls with 0.3n-potassium hydroxide for 17hr. at 37 degrees liberates ribonucleotides, which can be purified by adsorption on charcoal and by ion-exchange chromatography. Ribonucleotides are also liberated by incubating the walls with ribonuclease, but not with deoxyribonuclease. The RNA content varies from 0.5 to 6mg./g. dry wt. of walls, depending on the nature and age of the tissue, and at 3mg./g. dry wt. of walls accounts for about 7% of the total RNA of the tissue. Less than 0.2% of the RNA of the walls is due to the presence of bacteria in the preparation. The base composition of the cell-wall RNA is identical with that of ribosomal RNA.
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