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May 11, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, conducted in-depth interviews with Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants to understand their views and experiences of cultural barriers in health care in the U.S.
January 4, 2005 | Journal Article
Approximately 45 percent of international trips from the United States (not including trips to Mexico or Canada) were described by travelers as "visiting friends and relatives" (VFR). The present article provided a description of VFR travelers and d ...
September 18, 2009 | Story
Health & Society Scholar breaks new ground in determining how class and gender impact health behavior.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A study examining the relationship between the severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental disorders among female American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) primary care patients from Southwest tribes found that IPV is common among AI/AN women and is associated with alcohol, drug and mental health disorders.
January 1, 2000 | Book
This program provides a summer enrichment experience for minority college students who possess the academic qualifications that would gain entrance to medical school.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
The program developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans.
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
One of the most significant changes affecting health care in the United States is the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the population.
January 11, 2009 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards $4.8 million to groups nationwide.
January 1, 2004 | Book
David Williams further develops the disparities issue as it affects racial and ethnic groups. He shows that such health disparities are large and persistent. Like Link and Phelan, he sees them as embedded in larger influences, primarily socioeconomi ...
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The current study examined disparities in Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and mammography screening for immigrant and U.S.-born women. Participants were 18,342 women (of which 1,445 were noncitizens) from a nationally representative sample from the 2000 Na ...