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The 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey was administered to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in Nevada to determine whether health disparities exist between AI/ANs and the state’s general population.
Crawford, Daryl+5 more
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Immigrant health: Selectivity and acculturation [PDF]
There is renewed concern that in spite of overall improvements in health racial and ethnic disparities in health persist and in some cases may even have expanded.
Jass, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S.
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Objective We aimed to assess differences in baseline characteristics, efficacy, and safety of advanced therapies between male and female patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods We conducted a systematic literature search for RCTs assessing the efficacy of advanced therapies in patients with axSpA ...
Angel Gao+5 more
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Diabetes Disparities in African Americans: A Cry for Help to Primary Care Providers
Diabetes is a national public health problem. Low socioeconomic status influence access to quality care for African Americans with Diabetes who must rely on government assisted insurance or are uninsured.
Goode, Pandora
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Objective The aim of this study was to apply sequence analysis (SA) to phenotype health care patterns of adult patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions using primary care electronic health records and to investigate the association between these health care patterns and patients’ self‐reported outcomes after consultation.
Smitha Mathew+6 more
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Health Equity: Conceptual Models, Essential Aspects and the Perspective of Collective Health
This paper analyzes the concept of health equity, drawing on ideas of social justice, of rights and values, and of the social and economic determinants which define living conditions and power relations among social groups.
Nivaldo Linares-Péreza+1 more
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Socioeconomic Factors and Health Status Disparities Associated with Difficulty in ADLs and IADLs among Long-Lived Populations in Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Nóbrega JCL+14 more
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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
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BACKGROUND: Information about multimorbidity is scarce in developing countries. This study aimed to estimate the association of educational attainment with occurrences of multimorbidity in a population of public employees on university campuses in Rio ...
Adelson Guaraci Jantsch+2 more
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The Effects of Patient Characteristics on Clinician’s Adherence to Preventive Practice Guidelines
BACKGROUND: The existence of health disparities confirms that not all patients, regardless of differences in patient demographics, are provided quality healthcare (Agency of Health Care Research and Quality, 2003). Moreover, research suggests that health
Collett, DeShana A, Ph.D,PA-C+1 more
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