Child passenger safety behaviors in Latino communities.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies evaluating response to treatment with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) fail to examine Haitian patients living in the U.S. as a distinct group. METHODS:This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of HAART in Haitians compared with other minority groups. We conducted a retrospe...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Colasanti J,Nguyen L,Kiem JT,Deeb K,Jayaweera D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Industry has played a complex role in the rise of tobacco-related diseases in the United States. The tobacco industry's activities, including targeted marketing, are arguably among the most powerful corporate influences on health and health policy. We analyzed over 400 internal tobacco industry documents to explore ho...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Yerger VB,Przewoznik J,Malone RE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans have a higher rate of stroke than other U.S. population groups. As part of the 11-state "Stroke Belt" region, Tennessee has the fifth highest death rate from stroke in the country. In 1993, a two-year community-based project was initiated to reduce the incidence of stroke and its associated risk fact...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Okwumabua JO,Martin B,Clayton-Davis J,Pearson CM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New York City (NYC) has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) for Hispanics of any major U.S. city. This qualitative assessment explores OPC awareness, attitudes, and screening practices among at-risk Hispanics, health care providers, and community leaders in a Hispanic n...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Cruz GD,Shulman LC,Kumar JV,Salazar CR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the goals of President Clinton's health care reform plan--to expand access to health care by the underserved and reduce the unacceptably high cost of care--are important, his proposed mechanisms for doing so include provisions that are counterproductive. Blacklisting certain drugs from the Medicare program, impo...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lucas WL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer innovations, such as biobanking technologies, are continuously evolving to improve our understanding and knowledge about cancer prevention and treatment modalities. However, the public receives little communication about biobanking and is often unaware about this innovation until asked to donate biospecimens. I...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Koskan A,Arevalo M,Gwede CK,Quinn GP,Noel-Thomas SA,Luque JS,Wells KJ,Meade CD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian immigrants in the U.S. are far less likely to have health insurance or use health care services than both U.S.-born Asians and non-Hispanic Whites. Furthermore, Asian immigrants who access the U.S. health care system are less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to receive high-quality services. This paper reviews fo...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Clough J,Lee S,Chae DH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Austin is Chicago's largest community and is 85% African American. The purpose of this study was to the examine facilitators and barriers to physical therapy (PT) access as described by Austin community residents and health care providers (HCPs). METHODS:Community residents (n=47) participated in focus groups....

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Huber GM,Bitzer G,Corazzi C,Fitzsimmons S,Melissa H,Shelley J,Hollowell A,Healey WE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance use disorder is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Comprehensive harm reduction programs have emerged as a public health strategy to help those with substance use disorder. At this time little is known about the population of people who use comprehensive harm reduction programs. ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Chhabra M,Stavas N,Vij N,Kumar E,Shea JA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the factors thought to be causing hospital emergency room (ER) crowding is excessive use of the ER by the uninsured, who may lack access to other sources of care. This is a particular concern in Texas. We completed a survey in Houston/Harris County, Texas, addressing whether the uninsured are high users of the ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Begley CE,Behan P,Seo M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to investigate the disease of dental caries among a population of poor, migrant, minority children in Los Angeles County. METHODS:The study team developed an instrument to be completed by parents about their children's determinants of oral health, and adapted the Association of ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Mulligan R,Seirawan H,Faust S,Barzaga C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the United States' National HIV/AIDS Strategy are reducing HIV infections, increasing linkage to care, and reducing health disparities. To accomplish these, it is imperative to have accurate data about HIV prevalence, especially in high-burden populations, including immigrants, ethnic/racial minorities an...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Koku EF,Rajab-Gyagenda WM,Korto MD,Morrison SD,Beyene Y,Mbajah J,Ashton C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work suggests hospitals serving high percentages of patients with Medicaid are associated with worse colon cancer survival. It is unclear if practice patterns in these settings explain differential outcomes. HYPOTHESIS:High Medicaid hospitals (HMH) have lower compliance with evidence-based care pro...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Rhoads KF,Ngo JV,Ma Y,Huang L,Welton ML,Dudley RA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare the health care costs of adults with Medicaid aged 19 to 65 years (n = 29,680) and adults in the same age range with commercial insurance (n = 29,680) who were members of the same health maintenance organization between 1996 and 1998. After adjusting for age and sex, income-e...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Ray GT,Lieu TA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To appreciate the causes of the African-American cancer crisis, contemporary myths and perceptual gaps regarding cancer in blacks must be analyzed and placed in historical context. Since ancient times, racism has permeated western scientific, medical, and social cultures. Yet contemporary analysts typically frame a 37...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Byrd WM,Clayton LA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated body iron (ferritin) levels may contribute to adverse health outcomes. Racial differences in iron measures and clinical outcomes were observed during an iron reduction trial in peripheral arterial disease. At entry, Black compared with White participants had higher ferritin and lower red cell measures, as wel...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Zacharski LR,Shamayeva G,Chow BK,DePalma RG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of Latino children in aggregate ignores important subgroup differences due to the parents' English language ability. Previous reports of the pediatric medical home have not stratified Latino children by parental language differences to compare the two groups directly. We analyzed the 2007 National Survey o...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： DeCamp LR,Choi H,Davis MM

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:In the NIMHD-funded Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry, faculty and scholars are trained to better address environmental health issues by integrating longitudinal, multi-systemic, spatially, and temporally referenced analytical methods. These methods include computational, multilevel, and spat...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Matthews-Juarez P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several characteristics associated with patient trust are identified. To determine the level of trust patients from disadvantaged circumstances have in their primary care resident physician, and to determine patient and physician characteristics that predict trust, we administered a survey to randomly selected primary...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Bonds DE,Foley KL,Dugan E,Hall MA,Extrom P

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Current estimates of homelessness in the U.S. are biased toward counts of sheltered or visibly unsheltered individuals. Those who remain out of sight during counts and/or live in places or circumstances that elude the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) definition of homelessness remain u...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brush BL,Gultekin LE,Grim EC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African Americans and the poor are at a high risk of suffering from kidney disease and are at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to obtaining the resources needed to maintain a functioning kidney post-transplant. Medicare currently covers 80% of the cost of immunosuppressive therapy for up to three years following ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Beaubrun AC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we use the 2007 National Survey of Child Health to examine whether parental social support is associated with children's overweight/obesity and if this relationship is moderated by race/ethnicity, acculturation, and/or parent's sex. Results reveal that Hispanics (English and Spanish-speaking) and ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Watt TT,Martinez-Ramos G,Majumdar D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nganampa Health Council (literally "Our Health Council") is an Aboriginal community-controlled Primary Health Care service established in 1983. It was born out of the political struggle for Aboriginal Land Rights in South Australia which culminated in The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land Rights Act...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Wooley S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite substantial asthma prevalence and morbidity, children from Spanish-speaking families are at high risk of inadequate maintenance therapy. The reasons for this remain unclear. The objective of this study was to compare patterns of asthma morbidity and access to care of children with asthma from Spanish-speaking ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Brotanek JM,Halterman J,Auinger P,Weitzman M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores ways in which welfare reforms have affected utilization of four health services (physician visits, hospital care, prescription medication, and dentist visits) and the impact of health insurance on these services. A secondary data analysis of a nationally representative sample of 1,259 non-elderly a...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Cheng T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large and increasing numbers of Americans lack health insurance. While children have recently fared better than adults, millions still lack coverage, and thus experience difficulty obtaining acute and preventive care during a critical period of growth and development. This situation has both short and long-term social...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hughes D,Kreger M,Sabherwal S,Powell D,Sargent K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the physical suffering experienced by cancer survivors, there are considerable financial hardships and access barriers to quality health care. The current study explored the financial burden of breast cancer on African American medically underserved women. Four focus groups were conducted in three major...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Darby K,Davis C,Likes W,Bell J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latino migrant day laborers (LMDLs) live under challenging conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area. This study explored day laborer alcohol use guided by a structural vulnerability framework, specifically problem vs. non-problem drinking as perceived by LMDLs and how they cope with or try to avoid problem drinking gi...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Worby PA,Organista KC,Kral AH,Quesada J,Arreola S,Khoury S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00