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Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care

January 24, 2012 | Story

Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.

Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Increased Access to Care for Hispanics, but Disparities Remain

August 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Dharma Cortés, and fellow researchers, found that rates of coverage increased dramatically for Hispanics in Massachusetts after the state's reforms, but disparities remain.

Risk and Resilience in Latinos

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article examines perceptions of resilience among low-income Latino youths and their parents. Through a series of semi-structured qualitative interviews, the authors identified factors believed to be barriers or sources of support for Latino youths.

Survey Identifies Health Care Use and Needs of Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants

May 1, 2000 | Program Result

From 1996 to 1999, researchers from the People-To-People Health Foundation (commonly known as the Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs) conducted a survey on:

Study Finds that Latinos Face Financial, Social and Other Barriers When Seeking Health Care

April 1, 2004 | Program Result

From 2000 to 2003, a research team at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health studied disparities in access to primary and preventive care for Latinos in the United States.

Eniola Mudasiru, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001

April 17, 2006 | Story

Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.

Cutting Through Red Tape to Provide Health Care Services

February 2, 2009 | Story

Poor, rural communities often are strapped for decent health care - sometimes because of sheer bureaucracy. How can private and public funds be leveraged to support excellent care in these communities?

Expanding 2006 Binational Health Week

August 28, 2008 | Program Result

The University of California, Berkeley, worked to expand the 2006 Binational Health Week, chiefly by helping local volunteer groups to provide more health screenings for underserved populations and by convening key officials on health issues.

Access to Health Care for Migrants Returning to Mexico

May 1, 2006 | Journal Article

The rapidly aging Mexican-born population in the United States presents challenges for policy-makers in both this country and Mexico. Using a nationally representative data set of elderly Mexicans (sample size 3,007), the authors of this article exp ...

Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities to Improve Quality

June 16, 2009 | Presentation Material

This video assesses the important problem disparities in health care and explores ways providers can identify and work to reduce them.

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