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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Health disparity"”.
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The Need For Racial and Ethnic Health Disparity Curriculum In Genetic Counseling Programs
<p>Racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD) exist across all organized medicine, including the spectrum of genetic counseling, particularly in genomic testing and access to care. While cultural competency and health disparities have been included as a part of the <em>Standards of Accreditation …
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Exploring the Value of Group and Traditional Obstetrical Appointments to Reduce Health Disparity
<p>Disparity in health outcomes is influenced by socioeconomic factors that may include access to important healthcare information in a culturally sensitive way. Can a group appointment model like the CenteringPregnancy model provide a more effective means for engaging Spanish-speaking pregnant …
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I’M COMING UP ON THE ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN: RACISM, RACIAL IDENTITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE HYPOTHESIS OF DIMINISHING RETURNS IN HEALTH DISPARITY
… that, for Blacks, undermines the magnitude of health gains associated with increasing educational attainment. Referred to as the diminishing return hypothesis, evidence has suggested that increasing levels of educational attainment for minorities do not incur similar health returns as those …
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IMPACT OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND BRIEF COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS ON DRINKING OUTCOMES IN HOSPITALIZED TRAUMA PATIENTS
… there is growing effort today to understand health disparities, so that healthcare can be adjusted to best provide treatment to all individuals. Considering this, the current study was a retrospective analysis on a pre-existing dataset that utilized multiple hierarchical regression in order …
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Understanding physical activity among older African American women: A mixed-methods approach
… recommended levels has the potential to improve health and well-being, and prevent or delay the onset of chronic disease and disabilities. Studies have shown that different factors can facilitate and/or to prevent physical activity in different population and age groups. However, why African …
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Exploring the factors of persistence for African American senior nursing students
… history of African American nursing students, health disparity, social justice and diversity within the profession of nursing, and the strategies to promote persistence in regards to African American nursing students. The results suggest that role modeling, familial support, and the development …
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Lessons Learned: Can a Principled Mechanism for Improving Health Equity be Integrated into a Budgetary Process?
<p>Health equity is the social justice lens that public health institutions across the United States have increasingly embraced as a mandate, however there are few jurisdictions addressing how to prioritize funding toward that end. The practical translation of a social justice concept necessitates …
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Rural Health Network Effectiveness: An Analysis at the Network Level
Residents of rural communities have poorer health status than people living in more populated areas. For example, The Urban and Rural Health Chartbook notes that the age-adjusted death rate among younger (1-24 years of age) persons who live in the most rural counties is 31 percent higher than those …
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DISCUSSING THE RACIAL ASSOCIATION WITH BLACK MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INTELLECTUALISM IN PROVIDING EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
Social determinants of health have become a bit of a buzzword in today’s discussion of healthcare inequities. Social determinants of health are broadly defined as conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life risks and …
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Using minority stress and the theory of planned behavior to predict the intentions to seek psychological help among sexual minority individuals
… individuals are at a greater risk for mental health problems compared to heterosexual individuals. This health disparity has been attributed to unique, chronic, and excessive social stressors, or “minority stress,” which has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes for this …
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Role of IGF-II, PRL, and FABPs in the Breast Cancer Disparity among AA Women
… could provide insight into the breast cancer health disparity, particularly since AA women have lower lactation rates relative to CA women. Therefore, we assessed the expression of these FABPs in paired normal/tumor breast cancer tissues from AA and CA, and used AA and CA-derived cell lines to …
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Predictors of Self-Injurious Behaviors: A Person by Situation Analysis of Health-Compromising Behavior
One health-related issue gaining momentum and notoriety at the national level is the health disparity between men and women with men experiencing poorer health outcomes in a variety of domains. I propose that one determinant for this disparity is the conformity to masculine gender expectations. As …
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Intentions to undergo dementia screening among older Black adults
Stark health disparities exist between Black and White Americans including dementia risk. Black Americans are up to three times more likely to develop dementia compared to their White counterparts. These disparities can be attributed to other health inequalities that increase the risk of dementia. …
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Examining the Relationships and Patterns of Adult Patient Deviation in Populations of Disparity for Colorectal Cancer Screening In Southeast Georgia
… Cancer Screening (CRCS) in populations of health disparities are inconsistent, and few studies have utilized an integrative approach to deliver a CRCS intervention to at-risk adults. <strong><em>Methods:</em></strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2009-2010 …
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Examining the Relationships and Patterns of Adult Patient Deviation in Populations of Disparity for Colorectal Cancer Screening In Southeast Georgia
… Cancer Screening (CRCS) in populations of health disparities are inconsistent, and few studies have utilized an integrative approach to deliver a CRCS intervention to at-risk adults. <strong><em>Methods:</em></strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2009-2010 …
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Fetal Programming and Later Obesity in a Predominantly Latino WIC Population
… of age.</p> <p><strong>Significance to Global Health:</strong> Childhood obesity in the United States is a disease disproportionately seen in poorer individuals of certain ethnic minority groups. This health disparity falls under the purview of global health especially because in the current …
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The Ties That Do Not Bind: Social Capital, Minority Female Representation, and Social Inequality in the United States
… of traditionally under-represented groups affect health inequality in the US. A consequence of racial and ethnic diversity in America has been increased social inequality. Social inequality in health exists along gender, race/ethnicity, and the intersection of the two. The goal of this …
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Constraints on Breastfeeding Choices for Low Income Mothers
… each individual mother and child to longer term health and mental health outcomes for society. The U.S. government has made increasing breastfeeding rates one of its major public health goals for 2010. Breastfeeding is a health disparity issue with mothers who are poor, young, less educated or …
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Contribution of LEDGF/p75 to Prostate Cancer Chemoresistance
… death in the United States, and is considered a health disparity because of its disproportionate incidence and mortality in African American (AA) males. A major challenge in PCa treatment is its recurrence into hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Docetaxel is the standard of care for first …
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