Search Results - "Social Determinants, Health Disparities and Linkages to Health and Health Care"

Structural and Hidden Barriers to a Local Primary Health Care Infrastructure: Autonomy, Decisions about Primary Health Care, and the Centrality and Significance of Power by Freed, Christopher R., Hansberry, Shantisha T., Arrieta, Martha I.

“…Abstract Purpose To examine a local primary health care infrastructure and the reality of primary health care from the perspective of residents of a small,…”
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Contextualizing Disparities: The Case for Comparative Research on Social Inequalities in Health by Olafsdottir, Sigrun, Beckfield, Jason, Bakhtiari, Elyas

“…Abstract Purpose Research on health care disparities is making important descriptive and analytical strides, and the issue of disparities has gained the…”
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The Sociology of Chronic Illness and Self-Care Management by Tausig, Mark

“…Abstract Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to use sociological theory and research to develop an explanation for how chronic illnesses are managed at home…”
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The Impact of Neighborhood Cohesion on Older Individuals’ Self-Rated Health Status by Chumbler, Neale R., Leech, Tamara

“…Abstract Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to advance the medical sociology literature on the relationship between social cohesion and SRHS on an…”
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A Generation Skipped: An Exploratory Study of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Services for Older Adults by Wood, Ann Marie

“…Abstract Purpose Older adults’ sexual health is becoming an increasingly important component of healthy aging in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and rising…”
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Social Capital, Gatekeeping, and Access to Kidney Transplantation by Kutner, Nancy G., Zhang, Rebecca

“…Abstract Purpose Disparities in transplant rates across social categories provide limited information about gatekeeping processes in access to kidney…”
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Ethnic Group Differences in the Utilization of Preventive Medical Care Services Among Foreign-Born Asian and Latino Adults in the United States by Gorman, Bridget K., Dinh, Cindy

“…Abstract Purpose To investigate ethnic group differences in the utilization of preventive medical care services among U.S. Asian and Latino immigrant adults…”
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Variations in Parents’ Perceptions of their Children’s Medical Treatment: The Effect of Dissatisfaction on Preventive Care and Unmet Need by Jokinen-Gordon, Hanna, Quadagno, Jill

“…Abstract Purpose This chapter examines social variations in parent dissatisfaction with children’s medical care and tests whether greater dissatisfaction is…”
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Social Determinants and Health Disparities by Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs

“…Abstract Purpose This chapter provides both an introduction to the volume and a review of literature on health disparities and social determinants…”
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An Application of the Andersen Model of Health Utilization to the Understanding of the Role of Race-Concordant Doctor–Patient Relationships in Reducing Health Disparities by Smith, Galen H., Scheid, Teresa L.

“…Abstract Purpose The race concordance hypothesis suggests that matching patients and health providers on the basis of race improves communication and patients’…”
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Political Ideology, Party Identification, and Perceptions of Health Disparities: An Exploratory Study of Cognitive and Moral Prejudice by Perlstadt, Harry

“…Abstract Purpose This chapter explores public perceptions of health disparities by taking political ideology and political party identification into account…”
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The Effects of Residential Advantages upon Rural Residents’ Self-Reported Physical Health and Emotional Well-being by Grimm, James W., Smith, D.Clayton, Theodori, Gene L., Luloff, A. E.

“…Abstract Purpose This chapter assesses the effects of two rural community residential advantages – economic growth and availability of health services – upon…”
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Birth Outcomes of Patients Enrolled in “Familias Sanas” Research Project by Connors, Kathryn, Coonrod, Dean V., Habak, Patricia, Ayers, Stephanie, Marsiglia, Flavio

“…Abstract Purpose This chapter examines birth outcomes of patients enrolled in Familias Sanas (Healthy Families), an educational intervention designed to reduce…”
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Addressing Health Disparities: Understanding Place in the Role of Social Determinant Interventions by Hewitt, Anne M.

“…Abstract Purpose Recent national policy adoptions of the social determinants of health approach present enormous challenges to practitioners designing health…”
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME

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PART 4: CHRONIC CARE AND SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS

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PART 3: RACE/ETHNICITY AND SES FACTORS AND DISPARITIES

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

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PART 2: GEOGRAPHICAL AND PLACE FACTORS AND DISPARITIES

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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, HEALTH DISPARITIES AND LINKAGES TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

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