From 1999 to 2010, the awareness of the racial and ethnic disparities that disproportionately affect African Americans and Hispanics or Latinos has increased with only four percent, from 55% to 59 % . The authors found that awareness about health disparities remains limited in the general population and is even more limited among racial and [...]
The authors studied how hospitals, health plans and community health centers collect patient data on race and ethnicity and how that information is used for quality improvement purposes.
Through a combination of mixed research methods, which included surveys and focus groups, the authors examine the social determinants of health that impact the high risk and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in low income Latino immigrants in the United States. In you are interested in the topic, please see the link below: Claudia Chaufan [...]
The authors of this study, published in the Journal of LGBT Health Research, recommned that all research on tobacco use should incorporate information about sexual orientation and gender identity.The article is also a great review of the research related to smoking in the LGBT population and the complex reasons that make this population have a [...]
Researchers at the University of Virginia and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that by increasing basic electronic medical records (EMRs) adoption by 10 %, hospitals would contribute at reducing the neonatal mortality by 16 deaths per 100,000 live births. The study goes on to show that implementation of HIT technology might help some population [...]
The authors find great disparities in access to health care services between children with private medical insurance and children on Medicaid and/or CHIP. The study looks at various specialty clinics and found that specialty providers are less likely to see and treat children with Medicaid that children on private insurance. Please see the study at [...]
The authors discuss the importance of appropriate data collection and its impact on”monitoring, identifying, and targeting the underlying causes” of racial and ethnic disparities. The perspective essay is available at the following link: Advancing Health Care Equity through Improved Data Collection Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., and Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2011; [...]
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