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Hearing Health Healthcare Disparities in Appalachia

Journal of Appalachian health, 2021
Hearing loss is a global public health issue with disproportionate negative impacts on those who live in rural regions, such as Appalachia. This commentary provides an overview of hearing health and healthcare disparities in rural regions along with discussion of the significance of recent research findings which highlight the incidence of hearing loss
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Extensive Review of Materials for Next‐Generation Transparent Batteries and Their Design Strategies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Review explores emerging materials and design strategies for transparent batteries, examining electrodes, electrolytes, separators, and device architectures optimized for high electrochemical performance, mechanical flexibility, and optical transparency.
Atul Kumar Mishra, Shuvaraj Ghosh, Malkeshkumar Patel, Sourov Hossain, Ju‐Hyung Yun, Joondong Kim   +5 more
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Eliminating Mental and Physical Health Disparities Through Culturally and Linguistically Centered Integrated Healthcare [PDF]

, 2017
Since the U.S. Surgeon General’s report on mental health (1999) declared mind and body to be inseparable, integrated healthcare, bringing the body and mind back together, has been gaining significant momentum across the nation as a preferred approach to ...
Martinez, Octavio N., Jr.
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Plasma‐Polymerized Nanoparticles Presenting Fibrillin‐1 Drive Rapid Re‐Endothelialization of Vascular Grafts

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Commercial vascular grafts are made from ePTFE, a highly hydrophobic, foreign material that fails at a high rate in small‐diameter applications. Plasma polymer nanoparticles (PPN) are a versatile material functionalisation tool, used here to present fibrillin‐1 fragment PF8 on the graft surface.
Bob S. L. Lee, Yuen Ting Lam, Alex H. P. Chan, Praveesuda L. Michael, Timothy C. Mitchell, Jui Chien Hung, Miguel Santos, Khoon S. Lim, Richard P. Tan, Steven G. Wise   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Health Disparities: How Having a More Diverse Biomedical Workforce Can Contribute to Addressing Health Disparities in Communities that Are Often Underrepresented in the Healthcare System

British Journal of Biomedical Science
Health disparities that are seen in underserved and underrepresented communities are a pressing issue in healthcare. These disparities are embedded into our society through structural inequalities that lead to poorer health outcomes in those from ...
Victoria Heath, Claire L. Price
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Insurers’ Response To Health Disparities [PDF]

, 2005
The Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 decreed that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality develop two annual reports—the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) and the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)—to track ...

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Building Healthy Places: How are Community Development Organizations Contributing? [PDF]

, 2017
During the past 50 years, community development organizations have worked in low-income communities that face the greatest barriers to good health. While recent changes in the American healthcare system and philanthropic sector provide new opportunities ...
Alina Schnake-Mahl, Sarah Norman
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Ultrasound in Women's Health: Mechanisms, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
As healthcare moves toward decentralization, ultrasound technologies are evolving from strictly imaging tools in clinical settings into versatile diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, with growing roles addressing women's health needs. This review highlights how ultrasound's underlying physical mechanisms can be harnessed to reduce disparities in women'
Sarah B. Ornellas, Bilal Kizilaslan, Aastha Shah, Jason F. Hou, Yoonsoo Shin, Alejandra Hernandez Moyers, Claudia Lozano, Canan Dagdeviren   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Experience of Black Americans Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa in the United States Healthcare System: A Narrative Review

Dermatology and Therapy
Black Americans face persistent healthcare disparities due to a combination of structural, socioeconomic, and historical factors, which can lead to disparities in healthcare quality access and health outcomes.
Nicole A. Negbenebor, Julia M. Riley
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Asthma management: an ecosocial framework for disparity research

, 2012
Background: Asthma management disparities (AMD) between African and White Americans are significant and alarming. Various determinants have been suggested by research frameworks that affect the unfair distribution of resources for asthma management to ...
Evans-Agnew, Robin A.
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