Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.
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Item Providing linguistically appropriate services to persons with limited English proficiency: a needs and resources investigation.(2004) Carter-Pokras, Olivia; O'Neill, Marla J F; Cheanvechai, Vasana; Menis, Mikhail; Fan, Tao; Solera, AngeloIncreasing numbers of persons in the United States cannot speak, read, write, or understand the English language at a level that permits them to interact effectively. These limitations can hamper encounters between patients and healthcare providers, often leading to misunderstandings as to diagnosis and treatment, which in turn may result in poor patient compliance, unsatisfactory outcomes, and increased costs. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to clinical practice managers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to assess the needs for language interpretation services and resources among clinical faculty providing healthcare to persons with limited English proficiency (LEP). Literature review, search of key Web sites, and consultation with national experts on issues pertaining to language access, health services, and reimbursement strategies also were done. Then, recommendations regarding the costs and benefits of language interpretation in healthcare settings were developed. Because recipients of federal financial assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services must provide meaningful access to persons with LEP at no cost to the client, there are clear benefits to providing language interpretation. Providers and managers should be made aware of interpretation service options and cost-saving strategies.Item You Want to be an IRB Community Member... Now What? A resource manual in two parts(2008) Patel, U. J.; Rose, S. L.; Olacsi, G.; Mestaz, P.Item Community Action Against Asthma: Examining the Partnership Process of a Community-Based Participatory Research Project(2003) Parker, Edith A.; Israel, Barbara A.; Williams, Melina; Brakefield-Caldwell, Wilma; Lewis, Toby C.; Robins, Thomas; Ramirez, Erminia; Rowe, Zachary; Keeler, GeraldItem Lessons Learned From Community-Based Participatory Research in Indian Country(2005) Burhansstipanov, Linda; Christopher, Suzanne; Schumacher, Sr AnnItem Self-rated health and trust in low-income Mexican-origin individuals in Texas(2008) Franzini, LuisaItem Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: Testing the concept of familism(2009) Almeida, Joanna; Molnar, Beth E.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Subramanian, S.V.Item Harms and benefits: Collecting ethnicity data in a clinical context(2009) Varcoe, Colleen; Browne, Annette J.; Wong, Sabrina; Smye, Victoria L.Item The inverse hazard law: Blood pressure, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, workplace abuse and occupational exposures in US low-income black, white and Latino workers(2008) Krieger, Nancy; Chen, Jarvis T.; Waterman, Pamela D.; Hartman, Cathy; Stoddard, Anne M.; Quinn, Margaret M.; Sorensen, Glorian; Barbeau, Elizabeth M.Item Epidemiologic analysis of racial/ethnic disparities: A rejoinder to Frank and Exner(2008) Kaufman, Jay S.