African American men's and women's perceptions of clinical trials research: focusing on prostate cancer among a high-risk population in the South.

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects Latinos increasing their risk of diabetes-related complications. This study used a randomized controlled design with a community-based approach to evaluate the impact of a culturally tailored pharmacist intervention on clinical outcomes in Latino diabetics. The intervention i...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Castejón AM,Calderón JL,Perez A,Millar C,McLaughlin-Middlekauff J,Sangasubana N,Alvarez G,Arce L,Hardigan P,Rabionet SE

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Using three years (2006, 2008, 2010) of nationally representative data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, I assessed the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient for odds of receiving a mammogram in the past two years and a Pap test in the past three years among White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian women liv...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Monnat SM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The National Postbaccalaureate Collaborative (NPBC) is a partnership of Postbaccalaureate Programs (PBPs) dedicated to helping promising college graduates from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds get into and succeed in medical school. This study aims to determine long-term program outcomes by loo...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： McDougle L,Way DP,Lee WK,Morfin JA,Mavis BE,Matthews D,Latham-Sadler BA,Clinchot DM

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:We describe body mass index (BMI) trajectories over 20 months in newly settled refugees in the United States. METHODS:Growth curves were modeled in in hierarchical linear modeling for cohorts from Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. RESULTS:For refugees from Southeast Asia and Africa, coefficients...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Careyva B,LaNoue M,Bangura M,de la Paz A,Gee A,Patel N,Mills G

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：: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：:Without insight into the primary care environment, further improvements in influenza immunization rates are unlikely. We conducted a comparative case study of family medicine offices during the 2003 influenza immunization season. Practice 1 (P1) served an urban African American population, practice 2 (P2) served a sub...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Roemheld-Hamm B,Isaacson N,Winston C,Scott J,Hudson S,Crabtree B

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Much of emergency department use is avoidable, and high-quality primary care can reduce it, but performance measures related to ED use may be inadequately risk-adjusted. To explore associations between emergency department (ED) use and neighborhood poverty, we conducted a secondary analysis of Massachusetts managed ca...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Lines LM,Rosen AB,Ash AS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information is lacking on homeless women's gynecological symptoms and use of medical care for symptoms. This paper documents and explains gynecological symptoms and conditions and use of medical care in a probability sample of 974 reproductive-age (15-44) homeless women. Two-thirds of women reported symptoms during th...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Wenzel SL,Andersen RM,Gifford DS,Gelberg L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising malpractice insurance rates have led to a decrease in the number of physicians who provide rural obstetrical care. North Carolina has responded with the Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive (ROCI) Program, which provides up to $6,500 per year to physicians who provide obstetrical care to the rural poor in conjuncti...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Taylor DH Jr,Ricketts TC 3rd

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:This study investigated relationships between health insurance status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data. Health-related quality of life was measured using the SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) and SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS). The analysis cont...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Bharmal M,Thomas J 3rd

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More effective treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) creates an opportunity to improve health outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To use Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-defined HCV quality indicators (QI) as a framework to assess the quality of care at an urban safety net hospital. DESIGN:Retrospective co...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Assoumou SA,Huang W,Horsburgh CR,Mus,Linas BP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient activation describes an individual's readiness to participate in their health care. Lower levels of activation that may contribute to poor health outcomes have been documented in Latino patients. We administered a brief activating intervention directed at Spanish-speakers that sought to improve and encourage q...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Maranda MJ,Deen D,Elshafey S,Herrera M,Gold MR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Welfare reform has raised fears that Medicaid recipients will lose coverage, yet efforts to insure the poor via waiver programs may fall short. A telephone sample of 351 enrolled and terminated members of a Medicaid managed care plan based in community health centers were asked about insurance status, source of care, ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Weissman JS,Witzburg R,Linov P,Campbell EG

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health status indicators, including advanced stage at diagnosis of cancer, have been proposed as indicators of health care access and quality to be considered in revising the definition of medically underserved areas (MUAs). Using the population-based Connecticut Tumor Registry, "outlier" census tracts were defined as...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Regional Coordinating Center for Hurricane Response (RCC) collaborated with the EXPORT Centers (Centers of Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities and Training) to rebuild, revitalize, and improve the health care infrastructure in the Gulf Coast states damaged by Hurricane...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Mack D,Brantley KM,Bell KG

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a response to rising health care costs and substantial cuts in state funding for correctional health care in Texas, we developed and applied a process framework for systematically prioritizing the provision of inpatient hospital services to prisoners. Specifically, all inpatient services provided from September 200...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Schneider BC,Harzke AJ,Ivanitskaya L,Murray OJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Specific features of ambulatory care, such as accessibility, may influence hospital use for patients with HIV infection. To identify clinic features associated with a lower risk of hospitalization, 6,280 New York state Medicaid enrollees diagnosed with AIDS in 1987-1992 and managed by one of 157 surveyed clinics were ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Laine C,Markson LE,Fanning TR,Turner BJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies document racial variation, gender differences, and socioeconomic status (SES) patterning in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors but few studies have investigated heterogeneity in SES differences by race/ethnicity or gender. Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (N=6,814) and stra...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Boykin S,Diez-Roux AV,Carnethon M,Shrager S,Ni H,Whitt-Glover M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the presentation of severe depression among patients with accumulated trauma in the context of an urban community health center (primary care clinic) in California, as well as opportunities to address this phenomenon in light of diminished community-based mental health services. ...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Parrish MM,Miller L,Peltekof B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many observers explain the prevalence of inadequate prenatal care in the United States by citing demographic or psychosocial factors. But few have evaluated the barriers faced by women with different health insurance status and socioeconomic backgrounds. In this study of 149 women at six hospitals in Minneapolis, insu...

journal_title：Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

authors： Oberg CN,Lia-Hoagberg B,Skovholt C,Hodkinson E,Vanman R

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00