Sentences with phrase «health disparities among»

Barlow, an associate scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a leader in behavioral and mental health research, has devoted more than 25 years to addressing health disparities among American Indian populations.

His research in health policy has focused on the ethical, legal and social issues related to genetics and race, and especially on the ways that race and socio - economic status result in health disparities among different communities.

Pal is a physician who specializes in cancer health disparities among diverse populations.

Food deserts are linked with lower local health outcomes, and they may be a driving force in the health disparities among lower - income and affluent people in the U.S..

«Understanding racial differences in behaviors that affect men's health is an important step toward reducing health disparities among U.S. men,» says study lead author Roland J. Thorpe Jr., PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Program for Men's Health Research at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

Eventually, the scope of these studies broadened, uncovering a connection between discrimination and other health disparities among minority groups.

«These findings add to knowledge about health disparities among sexual minority women by revealing inequities in use of reproductive technology,» said Patterson.

Community Walking Project Gets Underway «A Better Me: Fit, Happy and Healthy Tracks Participants» Steps» More than 100 participants comprising teams from seven area agencies and the community - at - large will be taking part in a fitness program designed to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved women and girls, Oneida County Health Department officials announced today.

«A Better Me: Fit, Happy and Healthy Tracks Participants» Steps» More than 100 participants comprising teams from seven area agencies and the community - at - large will be taking part in a fitness program designed to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved women and girls, Oneida County Health Department officials announced today.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. today announced a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office on Women's Health, which awards 2500 dollars to the Oneida County Health Department for a program designed to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved women and girls.

«A Better Me: Fit, Happy and Healthy Tracks Participants» Steps» More than 100 participants comprising teams from seven area agencies and the community - at - large will be taking part in a fitness program designed to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved women and girls, Oneida County Health... Read more

She would like to have a career in global health approaching solutions to help close the gap of health disparities among and within countries.

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Some health disparities include an increased risk of HIV infection, especially among transgender women of color, and lower likelihood of preventive cancer screenings in transgender men.

Her career has focused on addressing health disparities in hypertension among African Americans.

In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities among racial and ethnic groups.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

The potential consequences of lower breastfeeding rates among black women is especially concerning because their children experience health disparities for most of the conditions for which breastfeeding is known to be protective.

With the exception of otitis media and childhood leukemia, each of these conditions has a documented black / white health disparity, with higher rates observed among black (vs. white) children (16 — 23).

«While we found that daily cannabis use and cigarette smoking were strongly linked among all subgroups, the most finding striking disparity in daily cannabis use was among youths aged 12 to 17 years,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and principal investigator.

In 2002, NIH put out a call for research applications to look at health disparities — differences in health and health care outcomes among diverse populations — from a transdisciplinary perspective.

Raising cultural awareness among researchers and clinicians is essential to developing patient - centered interventions that reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for all patients with brain injury.

«Higher stress among minority and low - income populations can lead to health disparities, says report: Recommends steps to address stress that significantly affect health differences, life expectancy.»

The rate of changes in health status, access and care were similar among white, black and Hispanic residents, which means that deeply entrenched disparities in health likely persisted.

It also is one of few to look at gender inequality issues among health professions beyond pay disparities, and among the first of its kind to highlight how political regimes and governance issues influence health workforce production.»

«There remains a strong demand among health care leaders to better understand this issue, and how to address it, given the link between disparities, quality, safety, cost and value,» says Betancourt, who is an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

A decade ago the city's infant health ranked among the poorest in the country, with enormous disparities between black and white birth outcomes.

Moores Cancer Center and San Diego State University receive federal funding to continue community - based health programs aimed at reducing cancer disparities among Hispanics / Latinos.

Objectives To assess variations among Medicare health plans in overall quality and racial disparity in 4 Health Plan Employer and Data Information Set (HEDIS) outcome measures, to determine whether high - performing plans exhibit smaller racial disparities, and to identify plans with high quality and low disphealth plans in overall quality and racial disparity in 4 Health Plan Employer and Data Information Set (HEDIS) outcome measures, to determine whether high - performing plans exhibit smaller racial disparities, and to identify plans with high quality and low dispHealth Plan Employer and Data Information Set (HEDIS) outcome measures, to determine whether high - performing plans exhibit smaller racial disparities, and to identify plans with high quality and low disparity.

His most recently awarded grants are from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, where he is Co-PI of the program project grant, «Eliminating Racial Disparities in Health,» and from the Centers for Disease Control where he is PI of a constituent case - case project comparing prostate cancer outcomes among African Americans and Caucasians.

Williams, who studies diseases that are differentially distributed among human populations, uses the tools of evolutionary biology to examine the role that genetics plays in health disparities.

4) Much - travelled food «Among the most pressing public health problems in the U.S. today are obesity, environmental degradation and health disparities,» said Alice Ammerman, director of the U.N.C. Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevehealth problems in the U.S. today are obesity, environmental degradation and health disparities,» said Alice Ammerman, director of the U.N.C. Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevehealth disparities,» said Alice Ammerman, director of the U.N.C. Center for Health Promotion and Disease PreveHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention.

A health expert writes that while there isn't likely to be peace in the education world over charter schools and standardized testing, on this everyone should agree: The need to focus attention on disparities among our youth in education and in health.

Pediatricians and health care systems should be encouraged to partner with other stakeholders to advance community - level strategies that improve health and reduce disparities among populations of varying income levels.

Disparities in mental health service utilization among low - income African American adolescents: Closing the gap by enhancing practitioner's competence.

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

Racial / ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care.

There is growing evidence of deficiencies in the quality of health care for children, including low rates of preventive services, 1 persistent disparities in health status, 2 and lack of a usual source of care among ethnic and racial minorities and children in low - income families.3

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

Lee's research focuses on the social and economic determinants of health, and on the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing disparities in health among social and economic groups.

In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities among racial and ethnic groups.

By school entry, 43 — 47 % of Aboriginal children have markers of developmental vulnerability.12, 13 In 2009, the first - ever national census of childhood development at school entry showed that Aboriginal children were 2 — 3 times more likely than non-Aboriginal children to be developmentally vulnerable — defined as an Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) score below the 10th centile — on one or more domains.14 The Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children reported similar disparities for cognitive outcomes among Aboriginal children aged 4 — 5 years, although the number of Aboriginal children was very small and not representative of the Aboriginal population.15 There is currently a dearth of empirical research that identifies the drivers of positive early childhood health and development in Aboriginal children, or characterises vulnerable developmental trajectories.

Five key strategies guide communities in creating a vision for early childhood social - emotional health with a focus on reducing physical and mental health disparities, especially among vulnerable populations: 1) Enhanced home visiting through a focus on social and emotional well - being, 2) Screening and assessment in a range of child - serving settings, 3) Integration of behavioral health into primary care, 4) Mental health consultation in early care and education settings, and 5) Family strengthening and parent skills training.

Objective: Our aims were to (1) identify race / ethnic and age cohort disparities among seniors in use of the health plan's patient portal, (2) determine whether race / ethnic and age cohort disparities exist in access to digital devices and preferences for using email - and Web - based modalities to interact with the health care system, (3) assess whether observed disparities in preferences and patient portal use are due simply to barriers to access and inability to use the Internet, and (4) learn whether older adults not currently using the health plan's patient portal or website have a potential interest in doing so in the future and what kind of support might be best suited to help them.

National Minority Health Month is observed every year in April to call attention to the health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority populations and the ways in which society caHealth Month is observed every year in April to call attention to the health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority populations and the ways in which society cahealth disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority populations and the ways in which society can h...

By James Guay, LMFT Due to societal prejudice, discrimination and violence against LGBTQ people, rates of depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use and physical health disparities, are common among sexual and gender minorities.

MomsRising has shared their new Birth & Maternal Health Resource Book addressing the issue of maternal death (death associated with pregnancy) and maternal mortality (physical or mental illness or disability related to pregnancy and childbirth), including racial disparities among African American women.