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Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2008
Background While Arab countries showed an impressive decline in child mortality rates during the past few decades, gaps in mortality by gender and socioeconomic status persisted.
Meyerson-Knox Sonya, Dawns Jesse, Khawaja Marwan, Yamout Rouham   +3 more
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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the Relationship Between Minority Group Status and Health Disparities: A Review of Selected Concepts

Health Equity, 2019
Purpose: There is growing concern that value-based payment for health care may disadvantage health care organizations that serve populations with social risk.
Judy H. Ng
doaj   +1 more source

Regional and income disparities in treatment and drug adherence of patients with dyslipidemia: a retrospective cohort study in South Korea, 2003–2015

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Backgrounds Health disparities represent a major public health problem that needs to be addressed, and a variety of factors, including geographical location and income, can contribute to these disparities.
Kyu-Tae Han, Dong-Woo Choi, Seungju Kim
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Evidence‐Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia: Resource‐Sensitive Recommendations for the Asian Continent

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent and serious complication in children receiving cancer therapy. Standardizing FN management across Asia is challenging due to variable healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic capacity, and infection patterns; however, it could improve resource use and patient outcomes.
Joliza Patricia Cañeba, Shweta Bansal, Tea Reljic, Allyne Montecillo‐Aguelo, Hamidah Alias, Farrah Amaranto, Maria Stella Aquino‐Calingasan, Bambang Ardianto, Eggi Arguni, Sally Blair, Thi Tam Dang, Maria Beatriz Gepte, Samanmalee Gunasekara, Andini Handayani, Miriam Kimpo, Catherine G. Lam, Nawachai Lertvivatpong, Sergio Licona, Ana Loseo, Ratha Mlis, Vivian Moreno Berrio, Nguyen Hoai Anh, Anna Lisa Ong‐Lim, Ha Thu Pham, Krishna Sagar Sharma, Bun Sereyleak, Sally Jane G. Velasco‐Aro, Su Yadana, Ambuj Kumar, Sheena Mukkada   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unequally distributed psychological assets: are there social disparities in optimism, life satisfaction, and positive affect? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Socioeconomic status is associated with health disparities, but underlying psychosocial mechanisms have not been fully identified. Dispositional optimism may be a psychosocial process linking socioeconomic status with health.
Julia K Boehm, Ying Chen, David R Williams, Carol Ryff, Laura D Kubzansky   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Maria Kondyli, Monia Marzouki, Nicolas Prud'homme, Nida Usmani, Rebecca J. Deyell, Lesleigh Abbott, Tony H. Truong, Sapna Oberoi, Ketan Kulkarni, Josée Brossard, Lynette Bowes, Paul Gibson, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Lillian Sung, Catherine Vezina, Laura Wheaton, Alexandra P. Zorzi, Marie‐Claude Pelland‐Marcotte, Thai Hoa Tran   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Other title: Kansas Department of Health and Environment Center for Health Disparities Strategic Plan; Other title: KCHD Strategic Plan 2007; Other title: Kansas Center for Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2007

, 2007
Cover title.; "Building the Infrastructure of the Kansas Center for Health Disparities.
Kansas Center for Health Disparities.
core   +1 more source

An overview of reviews on strategies to reduce health inequalities

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Governments are incentivized to develop and implement health action programs focused on equity to ensure progress with effective strategies or interventions.
Nathaly Garzón-Orjuela, Daniel Felipe Samacá-Samacá, Silvia Catalina Luque Angulo, Carmen Verônica Mendes Abdala, Ludovic Reveiz, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach   +5 more
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Representation of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Pediatric and Adult Care: What We Discovered Using Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) Data

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transitioning from pediatric to adult care is a high‐risk period for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). An initial observation at one academic medical center suggested a sex‐based disparity in clinic populations, prompting a national investigation.
Laurie J. Duckworth, Kholod Alhassan, Ada De La Osa, John Stephen, Yue Yao, Diana J. Wilkie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source