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Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) U.S. Finding Solutions to Health Disparities

February 22, 2012

Contact URL http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/reach.htm

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Racial and ethnic approaches to community health: reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health.

March 1, 2011
BY: Buckner-Brown J, Tucker P, Rivera M, Cosgrove S, Coleman JL, Penson A, Bang D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. jbucknerbrown@cdc.gov Fam Community Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;34 Suppl 1:S12-22.

Poor people and people of color are more likely to live shorter and sicker lives and are less likely to survive a host of chronic illnesses. Policies and organizational practices that improve the environments in which people live, work, learn, and play can reduce these disparities. Using the World Health Organization’s “Call to Action” principles… Read More »»

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Community Integration Research: Traumatic Brain Injury & Ethnic Differences

February 28, 2011

Perceptions of Community Integration in an Ethnically Diverse Sample. Sander AM, Pappadis MR, Clark AN, Struchen MA.  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine (Drs Sander, Clark, and Struchen); Harris County Hospital District (Dr Sander); Brain Injury Research Center, TIRR Memorial Hermann (Drs Sander, Clark, and Struchen and Ms Pappadis); and Graduate… Read More »»

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The role of public health in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health and mental illness.

January 15, 2010
BY: Primm AB, Vasquez MJ, Mays RA, Sammons-Posey D, McKnight-Eily LR, Presley-Cantrell LR, McGuire LC, Chapman DP, Perry GS. Minority and National Affairs, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, VA 21287-7180, USA. aprimm@psych.org Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jan;7(1):A20. Epub 2010 Jan 15.

Racial/ethnic minority populations are underserved in the American mental health care system. Disparity in treatment between whites and African Americans has increased substantially since the 1990s. Racial/ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected by limited English proficiency, remote geographic settings, stigma, fragmented services, cost, comorbidity of mental illness and chronic diseases, cultural understanding of health care… Read More »»

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Relationship of race/ethnicity and income to community integration following traumatic brain injury: investigation in a non-rehabilitation trauma sample.

February 28, 2009
BY: Sander AM, Pappadis MR, Davis LC, Clark AN, Evans G, Struchen MA, Mazzei DM. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. asander@bcm.edu NeuroRehabilitation. 2009;24(1):15-27.

The purpose of the current study was to determine the contribution of race/ethnicity and income to community integration at approximately 6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 151 persons with mild to severe TBI (38% Black; 38% Hispanic; 24% White) recruited from consecutive admissions to the Neurosurgery service of a county Level I… Read More »»

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