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Article History

Received: 21 February 2019

Accepted: 17 July 2019

First Online: 29 July 2019

Compliance with ethical standards

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: Statement of Human Rights: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Statement on Welfare of Animals: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.

: Informed consent was not required for this quality improvement project as traditional and group visit models were the standard of care at this FQHC. Involvement in either program option was based on self-selection at the time of entry. Survey completion was voluntary and anonymous, and abstracted chart review data included no identifiable information, required no interaction, and was anonymous and aggregated. Project approval was received from the site’s director and Winston-Salem State University’s Institutional Review Board in accordance with ethical principles.

: The Winston-Salem State University’s Institutional Review Board approved the study protocol.