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A cancer disparities curriculum in a hematology/oncology fellowship program
Background After George Floyd’s murder in 2020, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called systemic racism a public health crisis. This health crisis is connected to the already-documented racial and socioeconomic disparities in cancer ...
Marium Husain+7 more
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Global Health Disparities: A Pressing Issue and a Student-based Initiative to Help
: Developing countries, such as India, suffer profound healthcare disparities compared to developed countries. This commentary explores these healthcare disparities, the barriers to improving healthcare in developing countries, and potential solutions to
David Ripsman
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Within Wisconsin, our residents experience some of the worst health disparities in the nation. Public reporting on disparities in the quality of care is important to achieving accountability for reducing disparities over time and has been associated with
Maureen A. Smith+6 more
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Healthcare Disparities in Critical Illness [PDF]
To summarize the current literature on racial and gender disparities in critical care and the mechanisms underlying these disparities in the course of acute critical illness.MEDLINE search on the published literature addressing racial, ethnic, or gender disparities in acute critical illness, such as sepsis, acute lung injury, pneumonia, venous ...
Greg S. Martin+2 more
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Healthcare disparities amongst vulnerable populations of Arabs and Jews in Israel
The complex nature of studying health and healthcare disparities in general, and in the context of the Israeli healthcare system in particular, is depicted in two recent IJHPR articles.
Efrat Shadmi
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The role of culturally competent communication in reducing ethnic and racial healthcare disparities. [PDF]
Promoting culturally competent communication at the provider, care institution, health plan, and national levels is likely to contribute to success in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high quality care.
Lurie, Nicole, Taylor, Stephanie L
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Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities
The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2007) documents issues in both quality of healthcare and access to healthcare providing information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement of health.
Barbara Ann Graves
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Community-Based Participatory Research: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities
The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2008) tracks and documents access to healthcare as well as quality of healthcare. This report provides information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement ...
Barbara Ann Graves
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Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence among cancer patients
IntroductionCancer inequity is one of the most critical public health issues faced by ethnic minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status. The disparate burden of cancer is caused by poor access to care and inadequate delivery of cancer treatment,
Kimlin Tam Ashing+5 more
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Healthcare Outcome Disparities in Trauma Care [PDF]
A recent article by Dr. Haider et al1, “Association between Hospitals Caring for a Disproportionately High Percentage of Minority Trauma Patients and Increased Mortality: A Nationwide Analysis of 434 Hospitals,” raised the question of whether there was an increased mortality risk among trauma patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of ...
Kenneth L Wilson+3 more
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