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Cultural Competency Training and Performance Reports to Improve Diabetes Care for Black Patients

January 5, 2010 | Journal Article

Increasing clinician awareness of racial disparities and improving communication may enhance diabetes care among Black patients. This study evaluated the effect of cultural competency training and performance feedback for primary care clinicians on diabetes care for Black patients.

Improving Asthma Outcomes in Minority Children

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.

Health Facilities Begin Implementing New Universal Symbols to Ease Navigation

September 12, 2010 | News Release

Making signage easy to understand and eliminating language barriers is one simple way to iimprove the health care experience for everyone.

How Does Race Affect Health Outcomes? New Analysis With Different Statistical Methods Comes Up with New Answers

August 12, 2010 | Program Result

Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System applied the path analysis and structural equation modeling statistical technique to four datasets previously analyzed using regression methods.

Is Patients' Preferred Involvement in Health Decisions Related to Outcomes for Patients with HIV?

August 1, 2007 | Journal Article

A survey of 1,027 HIV-infected patients was used in this research to examine how patient preference in decision-making affected outcome. The study population was mostly young African-American males. Respondents were asked to select one of these cate ...

Heart Failure Encounter Form

June 1, 2008 | Toolkit

An off-site, nurse-led heart failure clinic was created to help heart failure patients better control and self-manage their disease post-hospitalization.

National Program Will Strengthen Community-Based Advocacy to Reduce Health Inequities and Create Healthy Neighborhoods

January 17, 2010 | News Release

$15 million investment engages residents in communities of color and indigenous nations in local efforts to improve food and recreation environments.

National Program Launched to Strengthen Advocacy and Reduce Health Inequities in Communities of Color

January 17, 2010 | Story

$15 million investment through Communities Creating Healthy Environments seeks to improve food and recreation access by engaging local residents.

Racial Differences in Surviving Prostate Cancer

April 11, 2005 | Story

How do black men suffering from prostate cancer fare in comparison to white men?

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