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Global Trends in Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Data From 1990 to 2021

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The increasing burden associated with low back pain (LBP) is a critical issue. This is a novel analysis of trends in risk factors for LBP aiming to identify risk factors that require further attention or consideration in global policies to reduce the burden of LBP.
Katharine E. Roberts   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of the relationship between neighborhood stressors, discrimination, and cardiometabolic outcomes during pregnancy

open access: yesnpj Women's Health
Cardiometabolic outcomes during pregnancy, including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes, disproportionately affect racial and/or ethnic minority groups in the United States.
Roma Dhingra   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metro Richmond Latino Health Services & Resource Guide – 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This Guide was produced by the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, VCU Center on Health Disparities, and CLAS Act Virginia as a resource for the fall 2006 Latino Health Summit: Latino Cultures and Beliefs in Health Care.
Virginia Commonwealth University
core   +1 more source

Diverse Aging and Health Inequality by Race and Ethnicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Although gerontologists have long embraced the concept of heterogeneity in theories and models of aging, recent research reveals the importance of racial and ethnic diversity on life course processes leading to health inequality.
Ferraro, Kenneth F.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Methodological Approaches to Understanding Causes of Health Disparities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2019
Understanding health disparity causes is an important first step toward developing policies or interventions to eliminate disparities, but their nature makes identifying and addressing their causes challenging.
Neal Jeffries   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Avoidable Hospitalizations in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population‐Based Study Using Administrative Data

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We estimated incidence rates of avoidable hospitalizations by persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to the general population. Methods We identified individuals meeting a validated case definition for RA based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD‐9‐CM) and ICD‐10‐CA codes in years ...
Dani G. Contreras   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Gender Disparities in Time to Diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Sex and gender-based healthcare disparities contribute to differences in health outcomes. We focus on time to diagnosis (TTD) by conducting two large-scale, complementary analyses among men and women across 29 phenotypes and 195K patients. We first find that women are consistently more likely to experience a longer TTD than men, even when presenting ...
arxiv  

Multifunctional Design of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures for Temporary Pediatric Fixation Devices

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A metallic implant's higher stiffness compared to the surrounding bone leads to stress shielding problems, causing bone density reduction and bone growth interference in pediatric patients. 3D‐printed triply periodic minimal surface structures present a promising engineering solution.
Ali Ebrahimzadeh Dehaghani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home on Health Disparities in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction: The objective of this study was to review the empirical evidence on Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) impact on health disparities in adults.
Choi, Anna L.   +4 more
core  

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