Integrating community health workers into HIV care clinics: a qualitative study with health system leaders and clinicians in the Southern United States

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) can support patient engagement in care for a variety of health conditions, including HIV.This paper reports on the experiences of HIV clinics and health departments that integrated CHWs into their health systems as part of a capacity-building initiative to address HIV-related disparities in Ice Cr

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Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two ground crickets, Dianemobius fascipes nigrofasciatus and Polionemobius taprobanensis (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: trigonidiidae)

AbstractThe authors sequenced the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of the band-legged ground cricket (Dianemobius fascipes nigrofasciatus Matsumura, 1904) and a temperate form of the lawn ground cricket (Polionemobius taprobanensis Walker, 1869), collected in Japan.The length of the mt genome sequences was 15,354 bp in D.fascipes nigrofasciatus

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Pictograms as Visual Communication. Tools for the Autonomy and Accessibility of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

The social inclusion of persons with disabilities is a priority in a growing number of Hair Spray countries.Their level of autonomy, with or without technical aids, is an essential criterion of its success.Pictograms are the technical aids of choice for persons with intellectual disabilities.The coherence of the pictographic tool is essential to th

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