AN ACTION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP IN AN URBAN TEXAS COUNTY TO EXPLORE BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS

An action research partnership in an urban Texas county to explore barriers and opportunities for collaborative community health needs assessments

BackgroundThe Affordable Care Act mandated triennial community health needs assessments (CHNAs) for greater nonprofit hospital accountability in responding to community health needs.Over 10 years later, hospital spending on community benefits remains largely unchanged.While greater collaboration in CHNA implementation can increase hospital investme

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Influence of extracellular protein isolated from fish gut associated bacteria as an enhancer of growth and innate immune system in Mugil cephalus

Abstract The cultural microbiomes of 27 bacteria colonies were isolated from Mugil cephalus for analysis of the antibacterial and antagonistic activities.A Freezer Bin potent probiotic bacterium was characterized using16S r RNA sequencing.The potent strain was added to fish diet to perform the challenge test and to study the growth and immunologica

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