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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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Illness Severity among Non-English, Non-Spanish Speaking Patients in a Public Emergency Department [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have poor health outcomes compared to English proficient patients. Most studies on language proficiency and health disparities focus on Spanish.
Dirvonas, Tyler, M.D., Ence, Thomas, M.D., Kuo, Dick, M.D., Peacock, William F, M.D., Pillow, Malford T, M.D., M.Ed.   +4 more
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Healthcare disparities in thoracic malignancies [PDF]

Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2021
Suzuki, Kei, Litle, Virginia R.
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Paving the Way to Elucidate Hg's Role in Tumorigenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Tumorigenesis can result from diverse environmental carcinogens. Among them, mercury—a lifelong bioaccumulative Group 2B carcinogen—has tumorigenic potential that remains poorly understood due to confounding co‐exposures and limited organ‐specific data.
Shouying Li, Rong Zhong, Zhenyang Yu, Hualing Fu, Jin Chen, Jia Wei, Ningwei Zhao, Le Qu, Tiantian Li, Wenli Tang, Huan Zhong   +10 more
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Healthcare access and barriers in Jordan: Insights from a Nationwide Survey.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundHealthcare access disparities are a significant public health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like Jordan. Despite advancements in healthcare infrastructure, barriers such as financial constraints, cultural norms, and ...
Yazan A Al-Ajlouni, Mohammed Ayyad, Mohammad Tanashat, Omar Al Ta'ani, Hebah AlMomani, Jana Nusier, Mohamed Abouzid, Yazan Nagi, Basile Njei   +8 more
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Regional and Racial Variation in Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

, 2008
Focuses on variations in healthcare delivery and outcomes among and within hospital service areas, in addition to racial and geographic disparities, as measured by five indicators.
Amitabh Chandra, David C. Goodman, Elliott S. Fisher   +2 more
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Combination Immunotherapy as a Promising Strategy to Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance: From Emergence to Next‐Generation Approaches

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review examines emerging combination immunotherapy strategies tailored to distinct tumor microenvironments and highlights next‐generation biomarkers that guide response prediction and treatment personalization. It integrates lessons from unsuccessful trials, addresses toxicity challenges, and outlines approaches for early biomarker discovery and ...
Asmita Pandey, Sudhir Kumar Rai, Li Ma, Lauren Higa, Vedbar Khadka, Hua Yang, Youping Deng   +6 more
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The Role of Prevention in Bending the Cost Curve [PDF]

, 2011
Examines how much disease prevention, including those funded in the 2010 healthcare reform law such as diabetes and HIV prevention, smoking cessation, community interventions, and reducing racial/ethnic disparities, can help slow health spending ...
Barbara A. Ormond, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Timothy A. Waidmann   +2 more
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Climate Action Impacts on Steelmaking Emissions of Persistent Organic Pollutants Highlight a Gap Between the Paris Agreement and the Stockholm Convention

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Emissions of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (UPOPs) and global warming are two major environmental challenges. But their governance has largely evolved in parallel, leaving the toxicity implications of climate‐driven industrial transitions poorly understood.
Yuxiang Sun, Qiuting Yang, Jianghui Yun, Yujue Yang, Junhao Tang, Qian Liu, Minghui Zheng, Guorui Liu   +7 more
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Exploring d/Deaf community perspectives regarding inclusive/accessible healthcare

Journal of Regional Medical Campuses
Background: d/Deaf [1]patients face substantial barriers obtaining healthcare, including communication challenges, cultural differences, and unique psychosocial needs. Healthcare providers are generally undereducated on how to best care for this patient
Sylvia Blomstrand, Cassie Stark, Cathy McCarty, Amy Greminger   +3 more
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