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FOCUS: QUALITY OF CARE: THE ECOLOGY OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Hypertension in Sub-Saharan African Populations: The Burden of Hypertension in Nigeria
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Okechukwu Samuel Ogah, MBBS, MSc |
ORIGINAL REPORTS ON FOCUS AREA: QUALITY OF CARE: THE ECOLOGY OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
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Perceived Discrimination in Health Care Among American Indians/Alaska Natives
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Patrik Johansson, MD; Clemma Jacobsen, MS; Dedra Buchwald, MD |
Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care in Urban and Rural Indian Health Programs
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Kelly Moore, MD; Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH; Carolyn Noonan, MS; Jack Goldberg, PhD; Ray Shields, MD; Kelly Acton, MD, MPH |
Perceptions of Cultural Competency Among Elderly African Americans
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Jerry C. Johnson, MD; Mary Beth Slusar, MA; Sumedha Chaatre, PhD; Pauline Johnsen, PhD |
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Regular Providers and Self-Management Education on Diabetes Preventive Care
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Anita K. Kurian, DrPH, MBBS; Tyrone F. Borders, PhD |
Perception of Racism Explains the Difference between Blacks' and Whites' Level of Healthcare Trust
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Albert O. Adegbembo, BDS, FRCD(C); Scott L. Tomar, DMD, DrPH; Henrietta L. Logan, PhD |
Disparities by Insurance Status in Quality of Care for Elderly Patients with Unstable Angina
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Salpy V. Pamboukian, MD, MSPH; Ellen Funkhouser, DrPH; Ian G. Child, MHSA; Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MSc Epi; Norman W. Weissman, PhD; Catarina I. Kiefe, MD, PhD |
Factors Associated with Adherence to Recommendations for Screening Mammography Among American Indian Women in Colorado
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Nina S. Wampler, DSc; Laura Saba, BS; Saleh M. M. Rahman, PhD; Mark Dignan, PhD; Jenifer H. Voeks, PhD; Jadwiga (Jodi) Strzelczyk, PhD |
ORIGINAL REPORTS: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND RELATED RISK FACTORS
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Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in HFE Mutation Frequencies in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study
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Ronald T. Acton, PhD; James C. Barton, MD; Beverly M. Snively, PhD; Christine E. McLaren, PhD; Paul C. Adams, MD; Emily L. Harris, PhD; Mark R. Speechley, PhD; Gordon D. McLaren, MD; Fitzroy W. Dawkins, MD; Catherine Leiendecker-Foster, MS; Joan L. Holup, MA; Aarthi Balasubramanyam, MStat; for the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study Research Investigators |
Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, and Blood Groups in a Population of African Ancestry
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Barbara Nemesure, PhD; Suh-Yuh Wu, MA; Anselm Hennis, MRCP (UK), PhD; M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH; for the Barbados Eye Study Group |
Metabolic Syndrome in Nondiabetic, Obese, First-Degree Relatives of African American Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: African American Triglycerides-HDL-C and Insulin Resistance Paradox
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Sophia Boudoulas Meis, DO, MPH; Dara Schuster, MD; Trudy Gaillard, RN, PhD; Kwame Osei, MD |
Differences in Arterial Stiffness and Its Correlates in Tri-Ethnic Young Men and Women
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WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD; Samer Koutoubi, MD, PhD; Fatma G. Huffman, PhD |
Dietary Sodium Restriction Alters Postprandial Ghrelin: Implications for Race Differences in Obesity
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Kimberly A. Brownley, PhD; Kathleen C. Light, PhD; Karen M. Grewen, PhD; Alan L. Hinderliter, MD; Sheila G. West, PhD |
Potentially Modifiable Metabolic Factors and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalizations in Urban African Americans with Diabetes
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Curtiss B. Cook, MD; Joseph G. Hentz, MS; Circe Tsui, BBA; David C. Ziemer, MD; Dorothy B. Naylor, MN; William J. Miller, PhD |
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in African Black Patients with Chronic Renal Failure at First Evaluation
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Ifeoma I. Ulasi, FWACP; Ejikeme B. Arodiwe, FWACP; Chinwuba K. Ijoma, FMCP |
Glycemic Control Predicts Diabetic Extrarenal Microvascular Complications But Not Renal Survival in Patients with Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
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Errol D. Crook, MD; Sejal Patel, MD |
Coronary Heart Disease and Risk Factors in Black South Africans: A Case-Control Study
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Magriet Loock, MD; Krisela Steyn, MD; Piet Becker, PhD; Jean Fourie, MPhil |
Poor Glycemic Control Increases Risk of Hospitalization in Urban African Americans with Diabetes
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Curtiss B. Cook, MD; Joseph G. Hentz, MS; Circe Tsui, BBA; David C. Ziemer, MD; Dorothy B. Naylor, MN; William J. Miller, PhD |
Prevalence and Correlates of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asians: Population-Based Data from Two California Surveys
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Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA; Kala M. Mehta, DSc; Christina L. Wassel Fyr, MS; Alka M. Kanaya, MD |
The Changing Patterns of Hypertension in Ghana: A Study of Four Rural Communities in the Ga District
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Juliet Addo, MD, MPH; Albert G. B. Amoah, MD, PHD, FRCP; Kwadwo A. Koram, MD, PHD |
ORIGINAL REPORTS: PUBLIC HEALTH
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Racial/Ethnic Neighborhood Concentration and Self-Reported Health in New York City
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Kellee White, MPH; Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD |
Exercise Participation Before and During Pregnancy Among Low-Income, Urban, Black Women: The Baltimore Preterm Birth Study
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Suezanne T. Orr, PhD; Sherman A. James, PhD; Joseph Garry, MD; Edward Newton, MD |
Attitudes Toward Life-Sustaining Interventions Among Ambulatory Black and White Patients
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William Bayer, MD; Julie B. Mallinger, MPH; Ashok Krishnan, BS; Cleveland G. Shields, PhD |
The National Eye Health Education Program: Increasing Awareness of Diabetic Eye Disease Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Karen Silver, MPH; Meredith Williams, MPH; Everly Macario, ScD, MS, EdM |
The Relationships Among Acculturation, Biobehavioral Risk, Stress, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, and Poor Birth Outcomes in Hispanic Women
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R. Jeanne Ruiz, PhD, RNC, WHCNP; Christyn L. Dolbier, PhD; Robin Fleschler, PhD, RNC, CNS |
Exercise and Pregnancy Outcome Among Urban, Low-Income, Black Women
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Suezanne T. Orr, PhD; Sherman A. James, PhD; Joseph Garry, MD; Cheryl B. Prince, PhD; Edward R. Newton, MD |
ORIGINAL REPORTS: RESEARCH DESIGN
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Recruitment of African American and White Postmenopausal Women into Clinical Trials: The Beneficial Effects of Soy Trial Experience
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Kathleen A. Lindenstruth, BA; Carol B. Curtis, BS; Jerilyn K. Allen, ScD |
Validation of Physical Activity Instruments: Black Women's Health Study
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Pamela L. Carter-Nolan, PhD, MPH; Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD; Kepher Makambi, PhD; Shantell Lewis, MS; Julie R. Palmer, ScD; Lynn Rosenberg, ScD |
Psychometric Characteristics of a Patient Satisfaction Instrument Tailored to the Concerns of African Americans
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Marie N. Fongwa, RN, MPH, PhD; Ron D. Hays, PhD; Peter R. Gutierrez, MA; Anita L. Stewart, PhD |
Recruitment of Black Women with Type 2 Diabetes into a Self-Management Intervention Trial
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Kelley Newlin, DNSc; Gail D'Eramo Melkus, EdD, RN; Vanessa Jefferson, MSN; Susan Langerman, MSN; Julie Womack, MSN; Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN |
ORIGINAL REPORTS: CANCER
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Dietary Intake to Reduce Cancer Risk Among African American Women in Public Housing: Do Sociodemographic Factors Make a Difference?
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Sherry R. Crump, MD, MPH; Beverly D. Taylor, MD; John F. C. Sung, PhD; Laurita Burley, PhD, RD, LD; Joyce Sheats, RN, MPH; Frederick G. Murphy, MSPH, MPIA; Lee Caplan, MD, PhD, MPH |
A Systematic Review of Culturally Sensitive Cancer Prevention Resources for Ethnic Minorities
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Laurie Hoffman-Goetz, PhD, MPH; Daniela B. Friedman, PhD |
Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Prostate Cancer Risk Among Older African American and Caucasian Men
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Ann L. Coker, PhD; Maureen Sanderson, PhD; Gary L. Ellison, PhD; Mary K. Fadden, MPH |
Radical Prostatectomy and Quality of Life Among African Americans
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Flora A. Ukoli, MBBS, DPH, MPH; Barlow S. Lynch, MD; Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD |
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening for Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Non-Hispanic Whites Attending Inner-City Family Practice Centers
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Maureen F. Finney, PA-C, MS; Laurene M. Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD; Chester Fox, MD; Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD |
DEPARTMENTS
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| CLINICAL RESEARCH |
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| UPDATES FROM US HEALTH AGENCIES |
| HEALTH LEGISLATIVE ISSUES |
| FOR THE PATIENT |
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MEASURE PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH HEALTHCARE SERVICES?
Source: Psychometric Characteristics of a Patient Satisfaction Instrument Tailored to the Concerns of African Americans |
Marie N. Fongwa, RN, MPH, PhD; Ron D. Hays, PhD; Peter R. Gutierrez, MA; Anita L. Stewart, PhD |
PREPARING DIABETES EDUCATION MATERIALS FOR TARGETED GROUPS
Source: The National Eye Health Education Program: Increasing Awareness of Diabetic Eye Disease Among American Indians and Alaska Natives |
Karen Silver, MPH; Meredith Williams,MPH; Everly Macario, ScD, MS, EdM |
MAKING CANCER EDUCATION MATERIALS USABLE BY DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS
Source: A Systematic Review of Culturally Sensitive Cancer Prevention Resources for Ethnic Minorities |
Laurie Hoffman-Goetz, PhD, MPH; Daniela B. Friedman, PhD |
TRUSTING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, RACISM, AND LOCATIONS
Source: Perception of Racism Explains the Difference between Blacks' and Whites' Level of Healthcare Trust |
Albert O. Adegbembo, BDS, FRCD(C); Scott L. Tomar, DMD, DrPH; Henrietta L. Logan, PhD |
SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS LINKED TO UNHEALTHY RESIDENTS
Source: Racial/Ethnic Neighborhood Concentration and Self-ReportedHealth in New York City |
Kellee White, MPH; Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD |
IS TYPE OF BLOOD LINKED TO HYPERTENSION, TYPE 2 DIABETES?
Source: Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, and Blood Groups in a Population of African Ancestry |
Barbara Nemesure, PhD; Suh-Yuh Wu, MA; Anselm Hennis, MRCP (UK), PhD; M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH; for the Barbados Eye Study Group |
DO AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN RECEIVE SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS AT THE SAME RATE AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE WOMEN?
Source: Factors Associated with Adherence to Recommendations for Screening Mammography Among American Indian Women in Colorado |
Nina S. Wampler, DSc, MPH; Laura Saba, BS; Saleh M. M. Rahman, PhD; Mark Dignan, PhD; Jenifer H. Voeks, PhD; Jadwiga (Jodi) Strzelczyk, PhD |
HEART DISEASE RISKS IN YOUNG ADULTS
Source: Differences in Arterial Stiffnessand its Correlates in Tri-Ethnic YoungMen and Women |
WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD; Samer Koutoubi, MD, PhD; Fatma G. Huffman, PhD |
DIABETES EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DOCTORS TEAM UP FOR BETTER CARE FOR
Source: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Regular Providers and Self-Management Education on DiabetesPreventive Care. |
Anita K. Kurian, DrPH, MBBS; Tyrone F. Borders, PhD |
ENLARGED HEART FOUND IN NIGERIANS REPORTING WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE
Source: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in African Black Patients with Chronic Renal Failure at First Evaluation |
Ifeoma I. Ulasi, FWACP; Ejikeme B. Arodiwe, FWACP; Chinwuba K. Ijoma,FMCP |
CORONARY HEART DISEASE ON THE RISE IN AFRICA
Source: Coronary Heart Disease and Risk Factors in Black South Africans: A Case-Control Study |
Magriet Loock, MD; Krisela Steyn, MD;Piet Becker, PhD; Jean Fourie, MPhil |
SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH STUDIED
Source: Prevalence and Correlates of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asians: Population-Based Data from Two California Surveys |
Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA; Kala M. Mehta, DSc; Christina L. Wassel Fyr, MS; Alka M. Kanaya, MD |
RECRUITING BLACK WOMEN WITH DIABETES TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH STUDY
Source: Recruitment of Black Women with Type 2 Diabetes into a Self-Management Intervention Trial |
Kelley Newlin, DNSc; Gail D'Eramo Melkus, EdD; Vanessa Jefferson, MSN; Susan Langerman, MSN; Julie Womack, MSN; Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN |
