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Mental Health Care Consumption and Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies Across Race and Class [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In previous work (Richman 2007), we found that even under conditions of equal insurance coverage and access to mental healthcare providers, whites and high-income individuals consume more outpatient mental health services than nonwhites and low ...
Chepke, Craig   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Designing privacy for scalable electronic healthcare linkage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A unified electronic health record (EHR) has potentially immeasurable benefits to society, and the current healthcare industry drive to create a single EHR reflects this.
Ajayi, O.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the implementation of a patient navigation intervention for colonoscopy screening

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background A recent study demonstrated the effectiveness of the New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Program’s (NHCRCSP) patient navigation (PN) program.
Amy DeGroff   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large-scale data reveal disparate associations between leisure time physical activity patterns and mental health

open access: yesCommunications Medicine, 2023
Background Leisure time physical activity (LTPA) is known to be associated with a lower risk for mental health burden, while whether the underlying mechanisms vary across populations is unknown. We aimed to explore the disparate associations between LTPA
Ying Zhou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Benefits, Facilitators, and Recommendations for Digital Health Academic-Industry Collaboration: A Mini Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Digital Health, 2021
Digital health remains a growing and challenging niche in public health practice. Academic-industry collaboration (AIC) offers a mechanism to bring disparate sectors together to alleviate digital health challenges of engagement, reach, sustainability ...
Kelsey L. Ford   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric Properties of the Adolescent and Young Adult Men – Health Indicators Scale (AYAM-HIS)

open access: yesHealth Behavior Research, 2023
The objective of this exploratory study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Adolescent and Young Adult Men – Health Indicators Scale (AYAM-HIS) in a sample of AYAMs, a priority population experiencing disparate health outcomes compared to ...
Michael J. Rovito   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship of women's status and empowerment with skilled birth attendant use in Senegal and Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BackgroundMaternal mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa with 179,000 deaths occurring each year, accounting for 2-thirds of maternal deaths worldwide.
Gipson, Jessica D, Shimamoto, Kyoko
core   +3 more sources

Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of risky sexual behavior among unmarried adolescents in Southeast Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022
Background: Adolescent risky sexual behavior is of a public health concern as most outcomes have long-term negative consequences on adolescents’ health and development.
Irene I Eze   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding Health Disparities

open access: yesAMA Journal of Ethics, 2001
Physicians need to educate patients about nutrition to counter the plethora of media images that promote poor dietary habits. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
K, Parsi, S, Taub
openaire   +3 more sources

Psychological and social interventions for mental health issues and disorders in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2021
Background Mental health issues and disorders are major public health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia, where chronic shortages in mental health services and human resources exist.
Alan Maddock   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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