Association between psychosocial factors and co-morbid cigarette smoking and alcohol use in a population experiencing homelessness by Olanrewaju Onigbogi, Rebekah Pratt, Xianghua Luo, Susan A. Everson-Rose, Ned L. Cooney, Sheila Specker, Kolawole Okuyemi

Get full text

Patient satisfaction with telemedicine in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study by Alicia Victoria G. Noceda, Lianne Margot M. Acierto, Morvenn Chaimek C. Bertiz, David Emmanuel H. Dionisio, Chelsea Beatrice L. Laurito, Girrard Alphonse T. Sanchez, Arianna Maever Loreche

“…Telemedicine, to realize its full potential, should be centered in health equity – addressing patient barriers and needs, reducing health disparities across population groups and settings, and providing quality services to all.…”
Get full text

A scoping review examining patient experience and what matters to people experiencing homelessness when seeking healthcare by Jean-Philippe Miller, Jennie Hutton, Claire Doherty, Shannen Vallesi, Jane Currie, Katrina Rushworth, Matthew Larkin, Matthew Scott, James Morrow, Lisa Wood

“…Abstract Background Homelessness is associated with significant health disparities. Conventional health services often fail to address the unique needs and lived experience of homeless individuals and fail to include participatory design when planning health services. …”
Get full text

Diversity competence training for health professionals in Europe: a modified delphi study investigating relevant content for short or online courses by Janne Sorensen, Camilla Michaëlis, Julie Marie Møller Olsen, Allan Krasnik, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Sandra Ziegler

“…In order to enable health professionals to meet related challenges and reduce health disparities, long and demanding training courses have been developed. …”
Get full text

La vida en la frontera: protocol for a prospective study exploring stress and health resiliencies among Mexican-origin individuals living in a US-Mexico border community by Karina R. Duenas, Maia Ingram, Rebecca M. Crocker, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, Jill Guernsey de Zapien, Emma Torres, Scott C. Carvajal

“…Discussion This study examines objective and subjective mechanisms of the relationship between stress and health in an ecologically diverse rural community over an extended timeframe and illuminates health disparities affecting residents of this medically underserved community. …”
Get full text

The impact of engaging with community groups: asset-based approaches and the lived experience of socially vulnerable populations in the UK by Oonagh Corrigan, Suzanne Hughes, Scott Danielsen, Shannon Doherty, Russell Kabir

“…There is some evidence that participatory approaches and the promotion of community assets have the capacity to mitigate against the social determinants that generate health disparities. However, questions remain about how they work in practice. …”
Get full text

How the VA is training the Next‐Generation workforce for learning health systems by Amy M. Kilbourne, Joel Schmidt, Margo Edmunds, Ryan Vega, Nicholas Bowersox, David Atkins

“…Conclusions There is an urgent need to expand training opportunities in LHSs, especially as health care is increasingly driven by multiple interested parties, impacted by persistent health disparities exacerbated by emerging public health threats, and rapid technology growth. …”
Get full text

The law of non-usage attrition in a technology-based behavioral intervention for black adults with poor cardiovascular health by Muhammed Y. Idris, Mohamed Mubasher, Ernest Alema-Mensah, Christopher Awad, Kofi Vordzorgbe, Elizabeth Ofili, Arshed Ali Quyyumi, Priscilla Pemu

“…Addressing these unique barriers is essential, because a lack of diffusion of digital health innovations exacerbates health disparities. Author summary Mobile-health (mHealth) technologies continue to serve immensely valuable roles in current healthcare systems by bridging several accessibility gaps and facilitating patient-provider interactions. …”
Get full text

Sexual health promotion for sexual and gender minorities in primary care: a scoping review protocol by Anna Yeung, Ann N Burchell, Carolyn Ziegler, Darrell HS Tan, Paige Homme, Robinson Truong, Jenny Gong, Cassandra Freitas

“…Introduction Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) face health disparities related to systemic discrimination and barriers to sexual health. …”
Get full text

Expanding Diabetes Screening to Identify Undiagnosed Cases Among Emergency Department Patients by David C. Lee, Harita Reddy, Christian A. Koziatek, Noah Klein, Anup Chitnis, Kashif Creary, Gerard Francois, Olumide Akindutire, Robert Femia, Reed Caldwell

“…Conclusion: Emergency department-based diabetes screening may be a practical and scalable solution to screen high-risk patients and reduce health disparities experienced in specific neighborhoods and demographic groups.…”
Get full text

Acthar Gel in African Americans versus Non-African Americans with Symptomatic Sarcoidosis: Physician Assessment of Patient Medical Records by Bindra J, Chopra I, Hayes K, Niewoehner J, Panaccio MP, Wan GJ

“…Improvement in patient health status and overall symptoms was similar for both race groups.Conclusion: Findings suggest that Acthar Gel improves health outcomes for patients with sarcoidosis, which could help to alleviate health disparities among African Americans, who are disproportionately affected by this disease.Keywords: Acthar® Gel, African Americans, medical chart review, sarcoidosis, treatment utilization, treatment response…”
Get full text

259 Eighty-six-fold increase in HIV diagnosis with “Opt-out” Screening: Frontlines of Communities in the U.S. (FOCUS) Program in the UHealth Tower (UHT) Emergency Department (ED) -... by Dushyantha Jayaweera, Yaa F. Abu, Barbara Huang, Emmanuel Thomas, David M. Lang, Tanira Ferreira, Kimar Estes, Monica Bahamon, Paula Pagan, Kira Villamizar, Kenneth A Scheppke, Dushyantha Jayaweera

“…OPT-OUT screening removes the stigma associated with hiv testing, fosters earlier diagnoses and treatment, reduces health disparities, and decreases the risk of transmission.…”
Get full text

21968 Adapting a global telehealth model to solve U.S. healthcare needs: age-related hearing loss as a test market by Samuel Weinreb, Izabella Samuel, Kai Zhang, Mackenzie Hall, Mariana Bendavit, Adler Archer, Neha Verma

“…We began with a needs assessment, wherein we conducted primary ethnographic research, expert interviews, and literature review to identify problems in the general areas of health disparities, community health workers, and telemedicine accessibility. …”
Get full text

Absence of racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 survival among residents of US Veterans’ Affairs community living centers by Mayyadah Alabdely, Sonya Kothadia, Taissa Bej, Brigid Wilson, Sunah Song, Ukwen Akpoji, Federico Perez, Robin Jump

“…Conclusions: Among VA CLC residents with a positive COVID-19 test, minority CLC residents did not have worse outcomes than white residents, suggesting that users of the VA healthcare system may enjoy abrogation of some aspects of health disparities.…”
Get full text

Common practices for sociodemographic data reporting in digital mental health intervention research: a scoping review by Paul Wicks, Robert Montgomery, Andrew Kirvin-Quamme, Jennifer Kissinger, Laurel Quinlan, Mariya Chernenok, Maddison C Pirner, Sarah Pajarito, Stephanie Rapoport, Alison Darcy, Carolyn J Greene, Athena Robinson

“…Background The ability of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) to reduce mental health disparities relies on the recruitment of research participants with diverse sociodemographic and self-identity characteristics. …”
Get full text

Comparison of faculty and student perceptions of sexual and gender minority content in a preclerkship medical curriculum by Benjamin Crosby, Isabelle M. Gell-Levey, Janet Monroe, Carl G. Streed, Jennifer Siegel, Erin E. Carter, Nat Mulkey, Ann C. Zumwalt

“…Abstract Background Sexual and gender minority (SGM) persons experience stark health disparities. Efforts to mitigate disparities through medical education have met some success. …”
Get full text

Feasibility evaluation of the Reaching Out to Kids with Emotional Trauma (ROcKET) intervention in an elementary school: a single-arm, single-centre, feasibility study based on the... by Ellen McMahon, Chelsea Van Wyk, Tavia González Peña, Lauren R Samuels, Leah A Teeters, Sarah B Worsley, William J Heerman

“…These data suggest that schools, especially those serving low-income and minority children, can be an appropriate avenue for interventions designed to address health disparities. Data from this study will be used to advise a pilot study of the intervention.…”
Get full text

The effect of racial and gender concordance between physicians and patients on the assessment of hospitalist performance: a pilot study by Damian Crawford, Suchitra Paranji, Shalini Chandra, Scott Wright, Flora Kisuule

“…Abstract Background Lack of racial concordance between physicians and patients has been linked to health disparities and inequities. Studies show that patients prefer physicians who look like them; however, there are too few underrepresented minority physicians in the workforce. …”
Get full text

County-level jail incarceration, community economic distress, rurality, and preterm birth among women in the US South by Brooke E. E. Montgomery, George C. Pro, Don E. Willis, Nick D. Zaller

“…Conclusions:Understanding the connections between preterm birth and enduring structural inequities is a necessary scientific endeavor to advance to later translational stages in health-disparities research …”
Get full text

Telemedicine at the VA: Examining smartphone connectivity rates to VA video connect and doximity dialer video by Nicholas Hise, Jacob Buckner, Spencer Ince, Clay Quint

“…Background: Telemedicine usage has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns those without the necessary technology and digital literacy to participate may face increasing health disparities. In this study, we examined the rates at which veterans are able to connect to two common telemedicine applications: VA Video Connect (VVC) and Doximity Dialer Video (DV). …”
Get full text