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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Health care disparities"”.
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Three essays on health care disparities in the U.S.
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Health Care Disparities in the Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pneumonia
… Pneumonia (CAP) process and outcome quality disparities between hospitals in rural/urban ZCTAs and racial/ethnic groups, controlling for other hospital and spatial characteristics. This analysis has presently yielded three manuscripts, and will yield seven additional manuscripts. Methods: We …
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Achieving Health Equity: Mitigating Implicit Bias Among Healthcare Professionals
… bias is a contributing factor to health care disparities. Research shows that health care professionals exhibit the same level of implicit bias as the larger population (Fitzgerald & Hurst, 2017). The presence of implicit bias among health care professionals affects clinical …
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Enactment of LGBTQ Health in Medical Curriculum
… Because LGBTQ populations experience significant health and health care disparities in comparison to heterosexual and cisgender populations, medical education and medical curriculum about LGBTQ health has been described as a key area of intervention for improving doctor-patient interactions and …
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Surviving Cancer in Appalachia: A Qualitative Study of Family Cancer Communication and Changing Personal Identities Through the Cancer Journey.
… beautiful mountains, close-knit communities, and health care disparities including higher rates of cancer and premature mortality. Being diagnosed with cancer in the region may present a unique experience for survivors in regards to family cancer communication and changing personal identities. In …
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Predicting Latino adolescents' dental exam occurrence
… MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dental health is considered an indicator of overall health and may impact specific health areas such as socioemotional well-being. Though considerable dental health and dental health care disparities have been found among Latino adolescents, few studies …
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School-based telemental health at the University of Texas Medical Branch: A compilation and design of a standard operating procedures manual
… nation is undergoing reform to close the gap on health care disparities within its population. Tendering services to everyone regardless of ability to pay will, no doubt, increase the number of people served; however, simply offering will not ensure total population compliance in seeking health …
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Texas primary care and the Affordable Care Act : implications for the primary care physician workforce
Primary care physicians are the first point of contact for patients entering the formal health care system. A shortage of primary care physicians in the United States has left approximately 60 million people without adequate access to a physician, resulting in lowered health care outcomes and …
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Older adult gay & bisexual male veterans' perception of access and cultural competence within the health care system
Previous research has consistently identified health disparities among minority groups, including members of the LGBTQ community. The role of the health care system itself in creating, sustaining, or confronting these disparities has received only modest attention. This qualitative dissertation …
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Social Cognitive Predictors of Diabetes Outcomes in Latinos and Whites
<p>Investigating health care disparities in ethnic minority populations is an increasingly urgent issue as these disparities lead to higher morbidity and mortality in minorities (National Center of Health Statistics, 2000). There is clear evidence that Latino Americans, the fastest growing minority …
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Racial Disparities in Self Reported Health and Health Care Utilization. Does Primary Care Matter?
… decade that provides evidence of the growing health care disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The literature suggests that Black adults share a disproportionate burden in death, disability, and disease. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment, …
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Analgesic Use in U.S. Emergency Departments for Patients Reporting Moderate to Severe Pain: Diagnosis and Select Patient Characteristics Influencing Narcotic Analgesic Prescribing Practices
… and 2004 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey were analyzed. Patients reporting moderate to severe pain were included in the sample and analysis. Chi square tests of significance were used to assess the association between individual demographic and encounter characteristics to …
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The Relationship between Race and Ethnicity and Serious Safety Events in Hospitalized Patients
… gender, race, ethnicity and language spoken), health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care location, and severity of event; 2) the relationships between the select patient sociodemographic variables, health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care …
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The Development of Trust in the Nurse-Patient Relationship with Hospitalized Mexican American Patients
… is growing and this population experiences health care disparities compared to non-Hispanic Whites. Mexican Americans are the largest sub-group of Hispanics and providing nursing care that is patient-centered and culturally competent is important when caring for this population. Trust is an …
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The Relationships Between Health Literacy, Self-Efficacy and Readiness for Change to Health Promotion Behaviors in Urban Black Women
… races/ethnicities. The ability to avert certain health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke and overweight or obesity is known to be directly related to active engagement in health promotion behaviors, yet Black women are consistently less likely to engage in …
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EXPLORING REFUGEE WOMEN’S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES: THE FIRST YEAR
… refugees often live in camps, with limited health care resources, inadequate food and water, and no access to education. Refugee women may have also experienced sexual violence, gender-based discrimination, and reproductive health problems. Resettled refugees often know little to nothing …
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Access to Services, Quality of Care, and Family Impact for Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A National Perspective Using 2009-2010 Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Survey
The main objective of the study was to examine health care disparities for children with autism spectrum disorders utilizing two studies.;Study 1. A cross sectional study was conducted using the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (N = 18,702). Chi-square analyses …
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An ecological analysis of geographic variations in the need and availability of safety net facilities in racially segregated communities of Chicago
… segregation is a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health and access to care in the United States. Safety net facilities, however, have the potential to play a major role in eliminating such disparities by improving access to care for vulnerable populations especially in racially …
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REPARATIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY BLACK HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE FLEXNER REPORT
… report, arguing that it has contributed to health disparities resulting in shortened lives for Black men, women, and children. Moreover, the roles played by private institutions such as the Carnegie Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical …
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Inpatient Stroke rehabilitation: Ethnic and Psychosocial Predictors of Recovery Outcome
… Control (2007). Past literature has identified disparities between ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other diseases in the recovery of stroke. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of ethnicity and psychosocial factors on stroke recovery during inpatient rehabilitation. …