A5049756712- Health disparities and outcomes
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Health Care Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Community Health and Development
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Obesity and Health Practices
University of Maryland, College Park
2015-2025
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2008-2021
RELX Group (United States)
2019
Creative Commons
2019
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2019
University of Mary
2019
The University of Texas at Austin
2001-2015
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
2015
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2008-2013
Texas Medical Center
2009-2010
PURPOSE To construct a breast cancer-specific quality-of-life questionnaire (QLQ) module to be used in conjunction with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 test its reliability validity cross-culturally. PATIENTS AND METHODS Module construction took place after EORTC guidelines development. The module--the QLQ-BR23--consists 23 items covering symptoms side effects related different treatment modalities, body image, sexuality, future perspective....
Objectives. We investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood environments fifth-grade students’ activity obesity. Methods. collected data on 650 children their primary caregivers during phase 1 of Healthy Passages, a multisite, community-based, cross-sectional study health risk behaviors outcomes in children. conducted independent systematic observations to measure characteristics, we analyzed survey processes. modeled children's obesity status with structural...
Patient-centered medical homes have not been shown to reduce adverse outcomes or costs in adults children with chronic illness.To assess whether an enhanced home providing comprehensive care prevents serious illness (death, intensive unit [ICU] admission, hospital stay >7 days) and/or reduces among illness.Randomized clinical trial of high-risk (≥3 emergency department visits, ≥2 hospitalizations, ≥1 pediatric ICU admissions during previous year, and >50% estimated risk for hospitalization)...
Excessive screen time has been linked to deteriorating mental health in adolescents, a relationship potentially intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversely, supportive social environments are associated with improved well-being. This study examined association between time, social/emotional support, and among adolescents pandemic using data from 2022 National Health Interview Survey’s Sample Child Interview. The analysis focused on aged 12 17. Mental outcomes included (1) frequency...
Extended criteria donor (ECD) liver allografts are often allocated to less severely ill transplant (LT) candidates who at a relatively lower risk of pretransplant mortality, but it is not clear that the use ECD will decrease center waitlist mortality (WLM). Individual patient data from UNOS OPTN database (2002-2005) were aggregated obtain center-specific data. Deceased with any following characteristics defined as ECDs: described by New York State Department Health Workgroup; or 12+ h cold...
Abstract BACKGROUND: Racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer (CRC) survival have been documented throughout the literature. However, reasons for these disparities are difficult to decipher. The objective of this analysis was determine extent which racial/ethnic explained by sociodemographics, tumor characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and hospital characteristics. METHODS: A cohort 37,769 Medicare beneficiaries who were diagnosed with American Joint Committee on Cancer stages I, II,...
Research on socio-economic determinants of migrant health inequalities has produced a large body evidence. There is lack evidence the influence structural factors lives fragile groups, frequently exposed to inequalities. The role poor status and country level factors, such as integration policies, in explaining unclear. objective this paper examine impact policies during recent economic crisis Europe. Using 2012 wave Eurostat EU-SILC data for set 23 European countries, we estimate multilevel...
We examine the association between family structure and children's health care utilization, barriers to access, health, schooling cognitive outcomes assess whether socioeconomic status (SES) accounts for those differences. advance prior research by focusing on understudied but increasingly common structures including single father families five different that include grandparents. Our data United States children aged birth through 17 (unweighted N = 198,864) come from 1997–2013 waves of...
Risk factors for child obesity may be influenced by family environment, including maternal depression, structure, and parenting quality. We tested a path model in which depression single parent status are associated with quality, relates to three risk obesity: diet, leisure, sedentary behavior. Participants included 4,601 5th-grade children their primary caregivers who participated the Healthy Passages study. Results showed that associations of parenthood BMI mediated quality its relation...
Among European countries, Italy is one of the countries where regional health disparities contribute substantially to socioeconomic disparities. In this paper, we report on differences in self-reported poor and explore possible determinants at individual levels Italy. We use data from "Indagine Multiscopo sulle Famiglie", a survey aspects everyday life Italian population, estimate multilevel logistic regressions that model as function factors. Next causal step approach test if living...
Background: Under emergency coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic regulations, Medicare granted temporary payment parity with in-person visits for audio-only (telephone) telemedicine visits. This policy was designed to expand patients without camera-equipped devices and broadband internet. However, use has been substantial. Objective: The aim of this study explore whether the rate during is related patient access technology or provider behavior. Design: Cross-sectional analysis Summer Fall 2020...
Abstract Objective: We examined the effect of Medicare's expansion colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test reimbursement on racial/ethnic disparities in CRC screening. Methods: was ascertained for Medicare beneficiaries (n = 30,893), aged 70 to 89, who had no history any tumor and resided 16 Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results regions United States from 1996 2005. tests were identified 5% sample claims. Age–gender-adjusted percentages -adjusted odds receiving guideline-specific [i.e.,...