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How public health campaigns promote public health disparities [PDF]

, 2019
It is often claimed that interventions aimed at promoting healthy behaviors tend to be most effective among people whose behavior least needs to change and least effective among those most in need of change.
Gans, R.
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
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“It’s a hard thing to manage when you’re homeless”: the impact of the social environment on smoking cessation for smokers experiencing homelessness

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Up to 80% of the adult homeless population use tobacco, and smoking cessation programs could offer an important opportunity to address preventable mortality and morbidity for this population. This population faces serious challenges to smoking
Rebekah Pratt, Claire Pernat, Linda Kerandi, Azul Kmiecik, Cathy Strobel-Ayres, Anne Joseph, Susan A. Everson Rose, Xianghua Luo, Ned Cooney, Janet Thomas, Kola Okuyemi   +10 more
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From Adult to Adolescent: Alignment in Clinical Trials and Outcomes in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of chronic inflammatory diseases encompassing axial and peripheral forms, with up to 20% of patients developing symptoms before age 16. Despite this substantial pediatric burden, treatment options for juvenile‐onset SpA (JSpA), particularly those with axial disease (axJSpA), remain limited.
Pamela F. Weiss, Judith A. Smith, Robert A. Colbert, Erin Treemarcki, Michael H. Weisman, Walter P. Maksymowych, Hermine I. Brunner, for the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network, and Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group Advisory Council   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics associated with health-related quality of life among older breast cancer survivors

Women's Health
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures may help incorporate patient preferences and deliver individualized care for older breast cancer survivors.
Jacob Schneider, Kaitlyn M. Wojcik, Emma Tian, Oliver W. A. Wilson, Jinani Jayasekera   +4 more
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Health Disparities in Rural Georgia: A Case Study of Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties [PDF]

Health disparities can be defined as differences in the health status among distinct segments of the population including differences that occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education, income, disability, or living in various geographic localities. When
Fuller, Whitney, Gibbison, Godfrey, Amponsah, William A.   +2 more
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES HEALTH DISPARITIES STRATEGIC PLAN [PDF]

, 2002
Health disparities exist between citizens of lower socioeconomic status (including minorities and other medically underserved citizens) and those more economically advantaged.
National Institute of, Environmental Health Sciences
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Factors Associated With Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Among People Meeting Criteria: Results From UK Biobank

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to the absence of definitive biomarkers, numerous overlapping comorbidities, and its reliance on patient‐reported symptoms. Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice imply the possibility of diagnostic biases, complicating timely and accurate identification.
Sung‐A Kim, Gary J. Macfarlane, Marcus J. Beasley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex differences in psychological distress and its risk factors among US adult Black and White immigrants, NHIS 2005–2018

Scientific Reports
Limited research explores sex differences in psychological distress and its risk factors across minority communities, especially immigrant populations.
David Adzrago, Maryam Elhabashy, Faustine Williams   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives [PDF]

, 2005
Healthy People 2010 has two overarching goals: to increase the span of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities across the categories of gender, race or ethnicity, education or income, disability, geographic location, and sexual orientation (1 ...
John Lynch, Harper, Sam, Sam Harper, Lynch, John   +3 more
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