Service Learning in Health Care for Underserved Communities: University of Iowa Mobile Clinic, 2019

Am J Public Health. 2020 Sep;110(9):1304-1307. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305755. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Abstract

The University of Iowa Mobile Clinic (UIMC) is an interdisciplinary student-run free medical clinic founded in 2002. UIMC provides free health screenings, education, and basic services to underserved populations in Iowa: immigrants, refugees, migrant farmworkers, individuals experiencing homelessness, low-income individuals, and people who live in rural communities. Forty-four percent of patients surveyed use UIMC as their only source of care. Ninety-seven percent of patients surveyed rate care as excellent or good. UIMC is a crucial safety net health care resource in Iowa to improve health equity.

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care / methods*
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Ill-Housed Persons
  • Iowa
  • Medically Underserved Area*
  • Medically Uninsured
  • Mobile Health Units / organization & administration*
  • Refugees
  • Rural Population
  • Students, Health Occupations*
  • Transients and Migrants