A5103037526- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Architecture, Modernity, and Design
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Organizational Change and Leadership
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
Georgetown University
2015-2025
Georgetown University Medical Center
2015-2016
University of Maryland, College Park
2014
Social Policy Research Associates (United States)
2014
University of Minnesota, Duluth
2014
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
2009-2010
Greater Baden Medical Services
2005
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
1996
Nova Southeastern University
1994
This project aimed to understand the experiences and preferences for social risk factor screening among racially, ethnically, linguistically diverse cancer survivors in Washington, DC, region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with English, Spanish, Amharic-speaking breast prostate survivors. Data inductively coded identify themes, differences by race preferred language evaluated. Twenty-two English (n = 14), Spanish 7), Amharic 1) participants who identified as Black 8), White 5),...
More research is needed to identify factors that explain why minority cancer survivors ages 18 64 are more likely delay or forgo care when compared with whites. Data were merged from the 2000-2011 National Health Interview Survey 12 125 adult who delayed medical care. The Fairlie decomposition technique was applied explore contributing differences. Compared whites, Hispanics because of organizational barriers (odds ratio = 1.38; P < .05), and African Americans treatment transportation 1.54;...
INTRODUCTION The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes hospital quality ratings to provide more transparent and useable information patients stakeholders. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding geographic distribution of hospitals with higher star ratings. In this paper, we focus on associations between community characteristics, including racial/ethnic mix, household income, educational attainment, regional difference. METHODS A retrospective study...
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African Americans are disproportionately burdened by high rates of deaths due to diabetes. Insurance coverage access primary care critical for prevention chronic disease management.To examine the difference in age-adjusted diabetes mortality before after Medicaid expansion.Using ICD-10 Cause List E10-E14, among were extracted from Centers Disease Control Prevention's Compressed Mortality File. Sufficient reliable data available 36 states District...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in United States.Limited data suggest that they experiencing a wide range of health disparities stemming from mix poverty, cultural barriers, language-access challenges prevent them obtaining insurance high-quality care.This article offers findings lessons learned W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Health Through Action, five-year initiative aimed at building capacity grassroots, regional, national...
Abstract Despite improvements in cancer outcomes over time, significant disparities remain between Black and White survivors. Medical care is estimated to account for 10-20% of health outcomes, while other modifiable factors explain as much 80-90% outcomes. These may thus be driven by multiple including social determinants health, differences treatment or follow up, attitudes behaviors teams. As part a larger project, we conducted qualitative study understand survivor preferences experiences...
With evolving demographics and a changing health system landscape, the Prince George's County Council, acting as Board of Health, is considering its future policy approaches resource allocations related to well-being. To inform this path forward, authors study used primary secondary data describe both needs county residents drivers within county, inclusive social, economic, built, natural, service environments. This integrates these findings, an analysis budget documents, review promising...