Relationship between ambulatory care accessibility and hospitalization for persons with advanced HIV disease.

abstract：:Researchers speculate that in addition to poverty, residential patterns may contribute to black/white differences in mortality rates. But few have assessed the relationship. This study reports considerable variation in the black/white ratio of age-specific all-cause mortality rates (ages 15-24 to 65-74 years) from 198...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between patients' assessment of patient-centered medical home (PCMH) characteristics and patient experiences at a federally qualified health center. The survey was based on the Consumer Assessment of Health care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) instrument. Patient-cent...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Platonova EA,Warren-Findlow J,Paul R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinos are the largest immigrant group in the United States, representing 17.6% of the total U.S. population, and are therefore critical to include in research. However, Latino immigrants-and particularly those who are undocumented residents-may be increasingly wary of participating in research amidst hostile anti-im...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Doran KM,Castelblanco DG,Mijanovich T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jail Inreach Project was initiated in 2007 as a pilot program by Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston, an FQHC serving homeless individuals in Harris County, Texas, as a collaborative effort with the Harris County Sheriff's Office and the Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County. It addresses the...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brown CA,Hickey JS,Buck DS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puerto Rican children suffer higher asthma morbidity than children of any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S. This study was intended to describe asthma self-management behaviors in Puerto Rican youth. Key informant interviews (n=5) and focus groups (n=4) were conducted. Informants were community pediatricians and c...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Martin M,Beebe J,Lopez L,Faux S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farmworkers experience a lack of control over the conditions of their work environment. In trying to reduce the effects of exposure to pesticides, most health care providers give instructions to farmworkers about how to protect themselves. Outreach programs that target farmworkers focus on health education and recomme...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Austin C,Arcury TA,Quandt SA,Preisser JS,Saavedra RM,Cabrera LF

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study analyzed the impact of sociodemographic characteristics, patient comorbidities, risk factors for critical limb ischemia and hospital characteristics on racial disparities in amputation rates for Native American patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). METHODS:The study used the Healthcare...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Rizzo JA,Chen J,Laurich C,Santos A,Martinsen BJ,Ryan MP,Kotlarz H,Gunnarsson C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruiting and retaining rural primary care providers is challenging. The Graduate Nursing Education Primary Care Scholars (GNEPCS) is a partnership between a philanthropic organization and a school of nursing to recruit, educate, train, and retain primary care advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) for practice ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Selleck C,Deupree J,Hodges A,Holland A,Plane L,Horton J,Harper DC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of data on the dietary patterns and food preferences of African American women attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). African American women have higher death rates from cardiovascular disease than White women, and the initiating events of cardiovascular disease often begin in ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brown SC,Geiselman PJ,Broussard T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traveling to and from university-based clinics is a major health care barrier for children with sickle cell disease in Alabama. To reduce this barrier, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) developed satellite clinics. This study seeks to determine if these satellite clinics provide a similar level of comprehe...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hamm J,Hilliard L,Howard T,Lebensburger J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a clinic run by a federally-qualified health center and an academic medical center. The clinic expands the community's primary care capacity, combining advantages of big and small settings, and of its dual affiliation. Survey data suggest the clinic prevents health care delays and lowers emergenc...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Silberberg M,Yarnall KS,Johnson F,Sangvai D,Patel R,Yaggy SD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uninsured individuals face great challenges in accessing both primary and specialty care. The Access Partnership (TAP) is a novel collaboration between primary and specialty care providers at an urban academic medical center to provide care coordination and facilitate access to specialty services for uninsured patient...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Block L,Ma S,Emerson M,Langley A,de la Torre D,Noronha G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor communication of medical information during care transitions can lead to medication errors, adverse drug events, and increased health care costs. The crucial pharmacist's role sometimes requires efforts to improve documentation. Here, we describe our experience integrating a pharmacist into a medical team at a fe...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brown MA,Bloodworth L,Ross LA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three California counties (Los Angeles, San Mateo, and Santa Clara) expanded health insurance coverage for undocumented children and some higher income children not covered by Medi-Cal (Medicaid) or Healthy Families (SCHIP). This paper presents findings from evaluations of all three programs. Results consistently show...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Howell E,Trenholm C,Dubay L,Hughes D,Hill I

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study seeks to understand the perspective of Black and Hispanic/Latino residents of the South Bronx, New York, on the causes of persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes. In particular, it focuses on how people who live in this community perceive and interact with the health care system. Finding...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Kaplan SA,Calman NS,Golub M,Davis JH,Ruddock C,Billings J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe data from a multi-center community-based survey of homeless veterans who were not accessing available primary care to identify reasons for not getting this care as well as for not seeking health care when it was needed. Overall, 185 homeless veterans were interviewed: The average age was 48.7 years (SD 10....

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： O'Toole TP,Johnson EE,Redihan S,Borgia M,Rose J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is one of two papers in this volume to report on the result of the Care System Assessment Demonstration (CSAD) Project conducted in Orange County, California. Latino and African American residents of Orange County who were aware of being HIV positive but who were not in care were targeted for this assessment. The...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Watson MM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the factorial invariance and convergent validity of the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale (GBMMS) across gender (male and female) and ethnoracial identity (Latino and Black). Minority students (N = 686) attending a southeastern university were surveyed in the fall of 2011. Ps...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Wheldon CW,Kolar SK,Hernandez ND,Daley EM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) is increasing in the U.S. Associated Pacific Islands (USAPI). We describe the implementation and evaluation of a NCD Collaborative pilot, using local trainers, as an evidence-based strategy to systematically strengthen NCD health care quality and outcomes, focusing on diabe...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hosey GM,Rengiil A,Maddison R,Agapito AU,Lippwe K,Wally OD,Agapito DD,Seremai J,Primo S,Luther XN,Ikerdeu E,Satterfield D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are highly mobile, and little is known about ways to include them in research or clinical activities. We evaluated postal mailings as a means of reaching patients seen at an urban Indian health care facility (60% of whom were AI/AN) and identified factors associated with ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Duffy D,Goldberg J,Buchwald D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, few children with chronic illnesses such as sickle cell disease (SCD) lived past late adolescence. Substantial reductions in mortality mean a growing number of adolescents with SCD reach adulthood. Consensus among researchers and health care providers (HCP) from multiple disciplines is that critical at...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Telfair J,Alexander LR,Loosier PS,Alleman-Velez PL,Simmons J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care needs of indigents are a major force driving the need for health care reform in the U.S. Governor McWherter of Tennessee and his Administration have highlighted the need for available, affordable, and accessible health care services for all Tennesseans and especially for the medically indigent. This paper ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Light RT

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little research on cancer symptom management among Indigenous populations. This paper reports on the predictors of cancer pain management among American Indian cancer patients/survivors and their caregivers/family. The intervention was a symptom management toolkit delivered via traditional talking circles vs....

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hodge F,Nandy K,Cadogan M,Itty T,Warda U,Martinez F,Quan A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precision medicine is an approach in which the characteristics of patients as well as their diseases are used to identify optimal therapy; it links researchers, patients, health care providers, and clinical laboratories. In precision medicine, specific molecular characteristics of an untreatable cancer can be targeted...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Grizzle WE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prior research has shown that tobacco companies target point-of-sale (POS) marketing to low-income communities. This research assessed the association between demographic characteristics and venue type with purchasing tobacco products in response to marketing. METHODS:Using Population Assessment of Tobacc...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Groom AL,Cruz-Cano R,Mead EL,Giachello AL,Hart JL,Walker KL,Oncken C,Robertson RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Area-level socioeconomic status (SES) measures have been used as a proxy in child health research when individual SES measures are lacking, yet little is known about their validity in an urban setting. We assessed agreement between census block-group and individual-level SES measures obtained from a caregiver telephon...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Narla NP,Pardo-Crespo MR,Beebe TJ,Sloan J,Yawn B,Williams AR,Juhn YJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is underutilized among ethnic minority groups, particularly among Korean American immigrants. To explore the role of cultural and health beliefs in CRC screening, a structured questionnaire was administered to 281 Korean American immigrants aged between 50 and 88 in the New York m...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lee HY,Im H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care reform presents both challenges and opportunities for African Americans. On the one hand, reform could result in the closure of black medical institutions and fewer black physicians. On the other hand, reform gives African Americans an opportunity to bargain for available resources to gain equality in heal...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brooks TJ 3rd

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Affiliated Pacific Region (USAPR) is an underserved region with high rates of obesity-related, non-communicable diseases and a low proportion of trained obesity prevention professionals, especially indigenous professionals. The Children's Healthy Living Training Program was developed to enhance the USAPR's ca...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Fialkowski MK,Delormier T,Hattori-Uchima M,Leslie JH,Greenberg J,Kim JH,Deenik JL,Dunn MA,Areta IA,Novotny R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refugee women are at increased risk for cervical cancer and have low rates of cervical cancer screening both in their countries of origin and in the U.S. Using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations as a conceptual framework, we conducted eight focus groups with Burmese and Bhutanese refugee women to gather i...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lor B,Ornelas IJ,Magarati M,Do HH,Zhang Y,Jackson JC,Taylor VM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00