C-54 | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peripheral Vascular Disease Admissions: A Nationally Representative Sample

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Diabetes Care in a Nationally Representative Sample

INTRODUCTION Previous studies have consistently documented that racial/ethnic minority patients with diabetes receive lower quality of care, based on various measures of quality of care and care settings. However, 2 recent studies that used data from Medicare or Veterans Administration beneficiaries have shown improvements in racial/ethnic disparities in the quality of diabetes care. These inco...

Infant victimization in a nationally representative sample.

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this research were to (1) obtain estimates of child maltreatment and other forms of personal, witnessing of, and indirect victimization among children aged 0 to 1 year in the United States and (2) examine associations between infant victimization exposure and the infant's level of emotional and behavioral symptoms. METHODS The study is based on a cross-sectional na...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Knowledge About Hepatitis C

The aim of this study was to characterize knowledge of HCV, specifically in an urban, minority population. Methods: New patients, 18 or older, were prospectively enrolled at four primary care practices in Philadelphia. Demographics were ascertained and a survey was administered, querying HCV knowledge. Log-linear regression was used to assess the relationship between race and knowledge, measure...

Racial/ethnic disparities in nursing.

The racial and ethnic composition of the registered nurse (RN) workforce in California is not at parity with the composition of the population. We find that the underrepresentation of African Americans in nursing in California appears to be due to lower overall educational attainment among African Americans. Underrepresentation of Latinos is due to lower overall educational attainment and, to a...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Heart Disease among Men