TY - JOUR
T1 - The nurse practitioner as a bridge to interprofessional research team collaboration in rural community clinics
AU - Ferguson, Laurie Anne
AU - Arnold, Connie
AU - Morris, James
AU - Rademaker, Alfred
AU - Davis, Terry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - ABSTRACT: Clinical health outcomes and health disparities can be improved through interprofessional collaborations among multidisciplinary clinicians, health care services researchers, and patients. Bridging gaps between community clinics and urban academic centers allows added valuable perspectives that can lead to improved care and extend clinical research. Nurse practitioners (NPs) who serve as primary care providers in many rural community clinics can facilitate access to clinical trials for patients who are rarely included in health care services research as well as coordinate interprofessional research team collaboration. A NP working in a rural clinic can assist academic-based research teams in designing feasible strategies to address disparities and improve health care of underserved populations. The purpose of this article was to provide an example of a rural provider/urban academic research team collaborating to conduct a health literacy-directed randomized controlled trial to improve colorectal cancer screening in isolated rural community clinics.
AB - ABSTRACT: Clinical health outcomes and health disparities can be improved through interprofessional collaborations among multidisciplinary clinicians, health care services researchers, and patients. Bridging gaps between community clinics and urban academic centers allows added valuable perspectives that can lead to improved care and extend clinical research. Nurse practitioners (NPs) who serve as primary care providers in many rural community clinics can facilitate access to clinical trials for patients who are rarely included in health care services research as well as coordinate interprofessional research team collaboration. A NP working in a rural clinic can assist academic-based research teams in designing feasible strategies to address disparities and improve health care of underserved populations. The purpose of this article was to provide an example of a rural provider/urban academic research team collaborating to conduct a health literacy-directed randomized controlled trial to improve colorectal cancer screening in isolated rural community clinics.
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U2 - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000387
DO - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000387
M3 - Article
C2 - 32251036
AN - SCOPUS:85106069403
SN - 2327-6886
VL - 33
SP - 409
EP - 413
JO - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
IS - 5
ER -