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Overcoming Obstacles to Health

WEBSocial differences in health can be reduced, but only if solutions can be identified to address their root causes. The greatest potential lies in solutions that will help people …

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Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the …

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The National Negro Health Week, 1915 to 1951: A …

WEBIn 1914, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, viewed the poor health status of black Americans as an obstacle to economic progress and issued a call for "the …

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Health Issues in the Black Community 3rd edition

WEBThe third edition of Health Issues in the Black Community comes eight years following the release of the second edition and, to our chagrin, presents a picture of African American …

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HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030: NEW LGBT OBJECTIVES

WEBIn August 2020, Healthy People 2030 objectives were released, setting data-driven, population-level health goals to be met over the next decade.1 These national …

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Social conditions, health equity, and human rights.

WEBThe fields of health equity and human rights have different languages, perspectives, and tools for action, yet they share several foundational concepts. This paper explores …

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Social determinants of health among …

WEBof Whites [16]. With regard to annual median income, African–American men earn less than 75% of what White men earn ($34,443 com-pared with $46,807).

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Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: Using Data …

WEBHealthy People 2010 has two overarching goals: to increase the span of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities across the categories of gender, race or ethnicity, education …

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Health Impacts of Yoga and Pranayama: A …

WEBThousands of years ago yoga originated in India, and in present day and age, an alarming awareness was observed in health and natural remedies among people by yoga and …

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WOMEN'S HEALTH USA 2011

WEBHRSA is pleased to present Women’s Health USA 2011, the tenth edition of the Women’s Health USA data book. To reflect the ever-changing, increasingly diverse population …

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Patient Race/Ethnicity and Quality of Patient–Physician

WEBObjectives. We examined the association between patient race/ethnicity and patient–physician communication during medical visits. Methods. We used audiotape …

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Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease*

WEB82 JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 1982). There are pronounced gender differences in rates of various forms of cancer (Prout, Colton, and Smith 1987) and …

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The National Negro Health Week Movement

WEBThe birth of the National Negro Health Week was the timely fruition of Booker T. Washington’s practicable philosophy of “head, heart, hand, - and health” education for …

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BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN’S PLAN TO LOWER HEALTH …

WEBThe Obama-Biden plan will improve efficiency and lower costs in the health care system by: (1) adopting state-of-the-art health information technology systems; (2) ensuring that …

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2010 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

WEBFor the eighth year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare …

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REACH 2010: Engaging the Circle of Research and Practice to …

WEBThe Circle of Research and Practice Department offers continuous insight to and between health promotion practitioners, community partners, and researchers. As stated often in …

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Promising Practices for Patient-Centered Communication with …

WEBiv ABOUT THE AUTHORS Matthew Wynia, M.D., M.P.H., is the director of the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association and the executive director of the Ethical …

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Analyzing the Effect of Vaping Use in Teens: A Literature …

WEBNicotine, a common component of e-cigarettes and vapes, is addictive, and teens who are using these products are starting to report negative health outcomes. …

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Characteristics of Northern Black Churches with Community …

WEBBlackChurches TABLE1 RankingofCollabora- tionsbetweenSecular Agenciesand450 BlackChurches %of SecularAgency Churchesa Local police 83 Localschools 82 …

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Neither Victim nor Villain: Nurse Eunice Rivers, the Tuskegee

WEBProject MUSE - Journal of Women's History - Neither Victim nor Villain: Nurse Eunice Rivers, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and Public Health Work Project MUSE …

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