Abby S. Letcher

TL;DR: It is concluded that a sense of belonging, a dimension of social capital, is key to improved well-being and that time banking may be particularly valuable in promoting health and belonging among older and lower-income individuals and those who live alone.

TL;DR: The role of the promotora de salud (health promoter) who provided diabetes self-management education to Puerto Rican diabetics in her community is explored and this hospital and community-based organization partnership promotora model appears to be effective for providing chronic disease self- management education in an urban community setting.

TL;DR: How diverse participants engage in a supportive network is explored and a theoretic model of community-building for health promotion is presented, suggesting that opportunities for reciprocity are fundamental to healthy community development in heterogeneous groups.

TL;DR: In this paper , a family medicine residency practice leveraged a resident-led quality improvement project and a grant-funded Addiction Integrated Care Team (AICT) to initiate an office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) program to provide medications for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors describe how a virtual community engaged in community-clinician-researcher partnership for health equity became a healing space, where people who are traditionally labeled and blamed for their conditions (e.g., homelessness, substance use, incarceration, sex work) co-create change in healthcare setting.