Invited Commentary

Commentary on “Impact of an Academic–Community Partnership in Medical Education on Community Health: Evaluation of a Novel Student-Based Home Visitation Program”

Authors: Lindsey Phillips, MD, Rosalyn W. Stewart, MD, MS

Abstract

In this issue of the Southern Medical Journal, Rock and colleagues1 describe a new service-learning home visitation program, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP, and its impact on preventive health. In their program, interprofessional teams consisting of medical, nursing, social work, and law students provided health education and behavioral counseling and facilitated access to community resources. Households visited by the interprofessional team had increased adherence to preventive health measures and a tendency toward decreased emergency department visits compared with households that received minimal intervention.

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