Eliminating health disparities not only is beneficial to these affected groups but also offers the opportunity to improve the health of the entire U.S. population. Originality/value – This chapter adds to our understanding of the correlates of health disparities for African American women and ...
Host Dr Farhad Zangeneh welcomes James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, clinical professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Together they will explore the trends in the growth of diabetes in Afri
Agreed, the African Americans and Indians too carry their genetic traits with them, which make them more susceptible, e.g., RAAS or lipoprotein (a) respectively; there are healthcare disparities; and the luxury of physical distancing may not always be possible among the poor. But I feel the...
18 The standard population was the US population in the halfway point of the period, 2004, using the 1-year American Community Survey Public Use Microsample. Black-white disparities were calculated only when there were 3 or more black respondents in each age category in the state-year. In ...
Marginalised poor populations, characterised by poverty and social exclusion, suffer disproportionately from hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and encounter substantial disparities in access to healthcare. This has further exacerbated the global HBV burden and precluded progress towards HBV elimination. This...
For the past 13 years, the Peer Advocates for Health (PAH) program has been working to correct gender disparities in access to reproductive health information and services by providing comprehensive training to school-age African American males and employment in their own communities as Peer ...
By focusing clinical attention on the prevention or treatment of specific factors that are known to be more prevalent among certain racial groups, primary care providers may help to reduce racial differences in healthcare. 展开 关键词: Health Disparities, Race, Ethnicity, Family Practice Network, ...
Our results indicate significant socioeconomic disparities in self-reported physical and mental health, clinical disease activity measures, and autoantibody status among African Americans with RA not explained by differences in demographics, medication use, and health behaviors. 展开 关键词: Animals ...
Lastly, these findings suggest that the water crisis could have exacerbated existing mental health disparities in Flint—a possibility that should be investigated in future studies. Fourth, while there have been efforts after the water crisis was discovered to restore water quality, remove lead ...
Understanding why racial/ethnic inequities along the HIV care continuum persist in the United States: a qualitative exploration of systemic barriers from the perspectives of African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV Prema Filippone, Samantha Serrano, Stephanie Campos, Robin Freeman, ...