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Addressing Health Disparities in Refugees
<p>I completed the required 300 hours of my fieldwork internship at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Oakland, CA. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a non-profit international organization that responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and aids displaced individuals in …
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Disparities in Post-Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Utilization
Despite the fact that rehabilitation services are integral in the recovery of an individual’s functional abilities after stroke, the method by which these services are recommended and then utilized are ill-defined. This study analyzes data from the ongoing COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services …
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Disparities in the Use of Emergency Contraceptives
Purpose: Unintended pregnancies are often a burden to pregnant women and to the health care system. The rates of unintended pregnancies have decreased since the wide use of contraceptives has increased; however, young women, women with low income, and racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to use …
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A capabilities approach to understanding health disparities
Health disparities are pervasive in the U.S., and three of the greatest risk factors for poor health outcomes are race, rural residence, and disability. Individuals in these groups frequently experience poor health outcomes and social disadvantages. Such disadvantages contradict ethical principles …
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Disparities in the distribution of municipal services
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1971.
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An Ethical Recovery from Breast Cancer: an examination of disparities in breast reconstruction and a discussion about rectifying these disparities
Black women are most likely to receive mastectomies, yet the least likely to have receipt of breast reconstruction. This disparity in breast and plastic surgery care is unethical and has been documented in the literature and has been witnessed clinically, but far most importantly, it is continued …
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Healthcare Disparities Among Ethnic Minorities in the UK
Background: Healthcare disparities among ethnic minorities in the UK represent a significant public health concern. These disparities can manifest in various ways, such as differences in access to healthcare services, the quality of care received, and health outcomes. While these ethnic minority …
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Increase Access to Healthcare and Decrease Health Disparities
… Access to Healthcare and Decrease Health Disparities for the Underserved Population</strong></p> <p>My project aims to improve access to healthcare for the underserved population living in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District by reconnecting them to a Primary Care Provider through the …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES OF GENDER DISPARITIES IN STEM
… high school coursetaking in explaining gender disparities in four-year college completion, college major, and occupational choices. We consider five cognitive skill measures (math, verbal, science, administrative, and mechanical) and one non-cognitive measure and examine gender skill …
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Three essays on labor market disparities and inequality
This dissertation studies labor market disparities and inequality in the United States. The focus is to investigate the determinants of gaps in various labor market outcomes over the life cycle between different demographic groups and to study whether the increased earnings inequality over the past …
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Decentralization, Structural Change and Regional Disparities in Colombia
… 2000 in terms of interregional and intraregional disparities. The results indicate that spatial spillover effects increase the intra and inter regional inequalities in educational infrastructure. While decentralization is associated with higher infrastructure growth rates, the reduction in …
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Quantifying racial disparities in end-of-life care
There are established racial disparities in healthcare, particularly during end-of-life care when poor communication and historical inequities can lead to suboptimal options and outcomes for patients and their families. Previous work has suggested that medical disparities can reflect higher rates …
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Racial Disparities in Intervention Rates in Individuals with ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative motor neuron disorder that causes muscular atrophy . Though researchers have established a correlation between race and survival, it is still not well understood whether there are differences in severity at time of diagnosis and …
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Childhood Discipline Disparities for African American and Latinx Students
<p>African American and Latinx students are disproportionality impacted by punitive discipline models including suspensions, detention, and expulsions. This disproportionality removes students from the education setting creating adverse social emotional, academic, and economic outcomes. Students …
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Demographic disparities in studies of acute OTC migraine treatment
This paper explores the existing prevalence data from migraine studies of the efficacy of over-the-counter medications compared to the demographic information from pharmacological studies of migraine medications. A literature review using PubMed with keywords related to migraine, over the counter, …
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