Prenatal care use and health insurance status.

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：:This paper reports the baseline data on the proportion of Hmong women (n=402), ages 18-65, in Sacramento, California who reported that they had a Pap test for the early detection of cervical cancer. We assessed the association between sociodemographic characteristics and Pap test receipt using chi-squared and multiple...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Fang DM,Lee S,Stewart S,Ly MY,Chen MS Jr

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familias Sanas (Healthy Families) is an educational intervention implemented and tested with low-income, immigrant Latina mothers. The program was designed to reduce existing health disadvantages of Latinas by empowering them to take active part in the management of their health and by encouraging them to advocate for...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Marsiglia FF,Bermudez-Parsai M,Coonrod D

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：:Microfinance among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) faces some opposition and remains understudied. This literature review examines microfinance's evolution and impact on a variety of social and health indicators and its emerging implementation as a primary prevention tool for HIV and economic intervention for PLWH...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Caldas A,Arteaga F,Muñoz M,Zeladita J,Albujar M,Bayona J,Shin S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Booster seats protect child occupants between 4 and 8 years of age. The objective of this study was to determine barriers and facilitators for booster seat use among Latino families. We conducted one-to-one elicitation interviews with 56 mothers and 35 fathers of booster-eligible Latino children in an urban county and...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Ebel BE,Coronado GD,Thompson B,Martinez T,Fitzgerald K,Vaca F,Rivara FP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival have persisted, we investigated differences in breast cancer treatment among American Indian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results data linked to Medicare claims in New Mexico and Arizona (1987-1997) among e...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Wilson RT,Adams-Cameron M,Burhansstipanov L,Roubidoux MA,Cobb N,Lynch CF,Edwards BK

更新日期：2007-08-01 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

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：:While smoking has declined, rates remain alarmingly high for people of low socioeconomic status. Funding community-based organizations to link low socioeconomic status smokers to cessation services holds promise for reaching this population. This approach also shows potential for elevating addressing tobacco use as a ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Specktor C,Keller PA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of tobacco smoking among people with HIV (PWH) ranges from 40% to 70%. Additionally, tobacco smoking is higher among low-income individuals, yet few studies have examined tobacco smoking in low socioeconomic status PWH. Using data from a cohort of PWH receiving care in an urban HIV clinic, we characteri...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Miles DRB,Bilal U,Hutton HE,Lau B,Lesko CR,Fojo A,McCaul ME,Keruly J,Moore RD,Chander G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:African Americans experience mental health disadvantages relative to European Americans with respect to financial barriers, barriers to help seeking, and poorer quality services. This paper provides an overview of these mental health inequalities, and offers recommendations for addressing them. ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Holden KB,Xanthos C

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:A persistent challenge to self-report data across racial, ethnic, or cultural groups is the inherent difficulty of attaining cross-cultural comparability of key measures. The current research study investigated the cross-cultural functioning of health-survey questions presented to four groups: (1) Koreans who were mon...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Willis G,Zahnd E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death, disability, and injury from motor vehicle accidents constitute a public health crisis. The goal of this paper is to describe how Meharry Medical College's Center for Community Based Research plans to address this problem. A model of how high-risk groups are influenced to engage in behaviors that increase risk f...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Maupin JE Jr,Schlundt D,Warren R,Miller S,Goldzweig I,Warren H

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In spite of cost-saving tobacco-dependence treatments, many state Medicaid programs offer only limited coverage for these treatments. This report builds a case for state-level financial benefits from funding smoking cessation treatment for Medicaid-eligible populations. METHODS:Applying published cost estim...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： McCallum DM,Fosson GH,Pisu M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young women in Jamaica face significant risk for HIV and other STIs. A clearer understanding of the factors associated with sexual experience and unprotected intercourse is needed. Data were collected from 330 adolescent females aged 13 to 17 recruited through community based organizations in Kingston, Jamaica, from 2...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Kang SY,Hutchinson MK,Waldron N

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：2016-02-01 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：: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 food environment is described by two measures: store-level (actual) and individual-level (perceived). Understanding the relationship between actual and perceived fruit and vegetable (F&V) nutrition environments is important as their association may influence F&V purchases and consumption. The study objective was t...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Stallings TL,Gazmararian JA,Goodman M,Kleinbaum D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This scoping review identifies the best practices of community-based participatory research with Pacific Islanders in the United States and United States Affiliated Pacific Islands. Eighty-four articles from January 2000 to December 2017 were included in the review. Best practices included the importance of engaging P...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： McElfish PA,Yeary K,Sinclair IA,Steelman S,Esquivel MK,Aitaoto N,Kaholokula K,Purvis RS,Ayers BL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study describes the characteristics of migrant and seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) served by federally-funded health centers and examines disparities in access to primary and preventive care between migrant health center (MHC) and community health center (CHC) program patients. METHODS:Cross-sectional an...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Hu R,Shi L,Lee DC,Haile GP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grassroots level health care workers provided insights into rural women's health concerns at a program development workshop held at Sundarban Islands in West Bengal, India. This report describes these narratives and identifies strategies for potential intervention plans. The narratives suggest layers of disenfranchise...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Biswas B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementing and evaluating smoking cessation interventions in underserved populations has been found difficult due to high rates of non-adherence to the prescribed protocol. To understand better the barriers to cessation participation, we studied low-income inner-city pregnant women who were enrolled in either a stan...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Wen KY,Miller SM,Lazev A,Fang Z,Hernandez E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although population-based studies report lower rates of cancer screening among racial/ethnic minorities than among Whites in the U.S., few studies have examined predictors of screening among low-income Hispanic, Black, and Chinese primary care patients. We examined utilization of mammography, Pap smear, digital rectal...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lubetkin EI,Santana A,Tso A,Jia H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00