Brokering language and culture: can ad hoc interpreters fill the language service gap at community health centers? [0.03%]
沟通语言和文化：临时口译员能在社区医疗中心填补语言服务缺口吗？
Christopher R Larrison,Daniel Velez-Ortiz,Pedro M Hernandez et al.
Christopher R Larrison et al.
The purpose of the research was to explore the ability of ad hoc interpreters to integrate into the organizational climate at a federally qualified community health clinic (CHC) and create satisfactory services for limited-English-proficien...
Health disparities between women with and without disabilities: a review of the research [0.03%]
残疾女性与无残疾女性之间的健康差异：研究综述
Jennifer P Wisdom,Marjorie G McGee,Willi Horner-Johnson et al.
Jennifer P Wisdom et al.
As part of a women's health center project, we reviewed 16 years of research to examine health disparities between women with and without disabilities. We reviewed MEDLINE-indexed articles between 1990 and 2005 with data on women with and w...
Social disparities in the receipt of contraceptive services among sexually experienced adolescent females [0.03%]
有过性行为的青少年女性在避孕服务获取方面的社会差异
Jodi L Ford,Melinda S Forthofer
Jodi L Ford
Social disparities in the receipt of contraceptive services were assessed among a sample of 2,031 sexually experienced adolescent females 15 to 18 years of age using secondary data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (...
Disparities in access to reproductive health options for female adolescents [0.03%]
女青少年生殖健康选择的可及性差距
Gretchen E Ely,Catherine N Dulmus
Gretchen E Ely
Fifty percent of female adolescents in the United States have intercourse by age 17, yet they do not have the autonomy under the law to access reproductive healthcare services that can address and prevent the negative consequences often ass...
Elizabeth A Torrone,Brooke A Levandowski,James C Thomas et al.
Elizabeth A Torrone et al.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention programs and agencies are fighting growing rates of infection with decreasing resources. Identification of gaps in HIV prevention services can help inform prevention funding and program policies...
Influence of culture and discrimination on care-seeking behavior of elderly African Americans: a qualitative study [0.03%]
文化及歧视对非洲裔美国老年人就医行为影响的定性研究
Shadi S Martin,Jacqueline Trask,Tina Peterson et al.
Shadi S Martin et al.
In this study, the influence of culture and discrimination on care-seeking behavior of elderly African Americans was explored. This was a qualitative phenomenological study that involved in-depth interviews with 15 African American men and ...
Cancer disparities in the Federated States of Micronesia: funding challenges of a developing nation in epidemiological transition [0.03%]
密克罗尼西亚联邦的癌症差异：发展中国家流行病学过渡时期的资助挑战
Lana Sue I Ka&#x;opua,Debra J Holden
Lana Sue I Ka&#x;opua
This article describes funding and other challenges to cancer control in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and examines funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) as a critical facet in implementation of the U.S. Compact of Free Associ...
Wooksoo Kim,Robert H Keefe
Wooksoo Kim
The myth of the well-adjusted Asian American resulted from sample-biased research studies that concluded that Asian Americans are physically healthier and financially better off than Caucasians. The myth has been perpetuated by researchers ...
Hilary N Weaver
Hilary N Weaver
Native Americans experience some of the poorest health statistics of any people in the United States, including rising cancer risks. If we are to truly understand and address health concerns among Native Americans, we need multifaceted inte...
Blanca M Ramos,Janine Jurkowski,Blanca A Gonzalez et al.
Blanca M Ramos et al.
This article examines disparities in health and healthcare for Latina women. It draws on existing literature and descriptive data from a study with Latinas. Mortality rates, leading causes of death, and reproductive health are well-document...