BACKGROUND Despite the large body of research on racial/ethnic disparities in health, there are limited data on health disparities in Caribbean origin populations. This review aims to analyze and synthesize published literature on the disparities in diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications among Afro-Caribbean populations. METHODS A detailed protocol, including a comprehensive search stra...

BACKGROUND Despite the large body of research on racial/ethnic disparities in health, there are limited data on health disparities in Caribbean-origin populations. This scoping review aimed to analyze and synthesize published and unpublished literature on the disparities in hypertension and its complications among Afro-Caribbean populations. METHODS A comprehensive protocol, including a thoro...

In 2006, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) – its signature effort to improve the quality of health care in targeted communities across the nation.1 Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care was one of the key objectives of the AF4Q initiative. In this summary, we describe the major activities aimed at reducing disparities in care implemen...

INTRODUCTION Disparities in the quality of health care and treatment among racial or ethnic groups can result from unequal access to medical care, disparate treatments for similar severities of symptoms, and wide divergence in general health status among individuals. Such disparities may be eliminated through better use of health information technology (IT). Investment in health IT could foster...

OBJECTIVES To assess the extent of gender inequalities in health status and health services utilization among adolescents and adults in Brazil. METHODS A representative sample of 217,248 individuals from 15 to 64 years of age was obtained from the National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostras por Domicílios, PNAD) conducted in 1998 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

BACKGROUND Kidney failure and associated mortality is one of the major components of racial disparities in the United States. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the role of distal (socioeconomic status, SES), intermediate (chronic medical diseases), and proximal (health behaviors) factors that may explain Black-White disparities in mortality due to renal diseases. PATIENTS AN...

Background: A number of reports suggest that we need to determine public understanding about the broad determinants of health and also determine public support for actions to reduce health disparities in Canada. Methods: A cross-sectional random survey of 5,000 Saskatoon residents was used to determine knowledge about health determinants and health disparity and then determine public support fo...

BACKGROUND Poor self-rated health (SRH) is socially patterned with health communication inequalities, arguably, serving as one mechanisms. This study investigated the effects of health information seeking on SRH, and its mediation effects on disparities in SRH. METHODS We conducted probability-based telephone surveys administered over telephone in 2009, 2010/11 and 2012 to monitor health info...

background hispanics comprise 17% of the total u.s. population, surpassing african-americans as the largest minority group. linguistically, almost 60 million people speak a language other than english. this language diversity can create barriers and additional burden and risk when seeking health services. patients with limited english proficiency (lep) for example, have been shown to experience...

Eliminating disparities in health status and access to health services for all U.S. populations is one of the two overarching goals of the Healthy People 2010 national public health agenda, making it a top priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the public health community (3). Although health disparities have persisted in the United States for well over 100 years,...