Quality of Care and Racial Health Disparities: A Strategic Overview

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Chassin ◽  
Rebecca M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Racial Health Disparities

Guidelines for Adapting Mindfulness-Based School Interventions with Underserved Youth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Lynd Phan ◽  
Tyler L Renshaw
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Underserved Youth ◽  
Diverse Youth

Low-income and ethnically diverse youth in the United States have unmet needs for mental health services; however, these same youth are unlikely to be connected with high-quality mental health care. Promoting social-emotional competencies through school-based service delivery is one potential solution for improving the accessibility and quality of care for diverse youth facing mental health disparities. Mindfulness, conceived as a set of practices to cultivate social-emotional competencies, can therefore be useful for improving the accessibility and quality of care for diverse youth facing mental health disparities. Given the growing interest in MBSIs and the need to enhance equity in youth mental health services more generally, we provide guidelines to help practicing clinicians successfully adapt and implement MBSIs with underserved youth. First, we offer recommendations for clinicians to enhance underserved youths’ engagement with MBSIs. Next, we overview implementation approaches that clinicians could use for increasing access to MBIs in school settings. Following, we discuss strategies clinicians might employ when working with teachers to effectively implement MBSIs with underserved youth in their classrooms. Ultimately, we hope the guidelines offered in this paper might help inform better practice—as well as motivate further, better research—that advances equitable mental health care in schools with underserved youth.

scholarly journals Health Disparities: Challenges, Opportunities, and What You Can Do About It

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani K. Atrash
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Racial disparities in health outcomes, access to health care, insurance coverage, and quality of care in the United States have existed for many years. The Development and implementation of effective strategies to reduce or eliminate health disparities are hindered by our inability to accurately assess the extent and types of health disparities due to the limited availability of race/ethnicity-specific information, the limited reliability of existing data and information, and the increasing diversity of the American population. Variations in racial and ethnic classification used to collect data hinders the ability to obtain reliable and accurate health-indicator rates and in some instances cause bias in estimating the race/ethnicity-specific health measures. In 1978, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued "Directive 15" titled "Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting" and provided a set of clear guidelines for classifying people by race and ethnicity. Access to health care, behavioral and psychosocial factors as well as cultural differences contribute to the racial and ethnic variations that exist in a person’s health. To help eliminate health disparities, we must ensure equal access to health care services as well as quality of care. Health care providers must become culturally competent and understand the differences that exist among the people they serve in order to eliminate disparities. Enhancement of data collection systems is essential for developing and implementing interventions targeted to deal with population-specific problems. Developing comprehensive and multi-level programs to eliminate healthcare disparities requires coordination and collaboration between the public (Local, state and federal health departments), private (Health Insurance companies, private health care providers), and professional (Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, laboratories, etc) sectors.  

scholarly journals Diabetes Health Disparities

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 101S-156S ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica E. Peek ◽  
Algernon Cargill ◽  
Elbert S. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Case Managers ◽  
Diabetes Control ◽  
Health Care Interventions ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden of the diabetes epidemic; they have higher prevalence rates, worse diabetes control, and higher rates of complications. This article reviews the effectiveness of health care interventions at improving health outcomes and/or reducing diabetes health disparities among racial/ethnic minorities with diabetes. Forty-two studies met inclusion criteria. On average, these health care interventions improved the quality of care for racial/ethnic minorities, improved health outcomes (such as diabetes control and reduced diabetes complications), and possibly reduced health disparities in quality of care. There is evidence supporting the use of interventions that target patients (primarily through culturally tailored programs), providers (especially through one-on-one feedback and education), and health systems (particularly with nurse case managers and nurse clinicians). More research is needed in the areas of racial/ethnic minorities other than African Americans and Latinos, health disparity reductions, long-term diabetes-related outcomes, and the sustainability of health care interventions over time.

Reducing Health Disparities by Improving Quality of Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Shoultz ◽  
Marie Fongwa ◽  
Barbara Tanner ◽  
Joanne Noone ◽  
Nancy Phillion
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care

scholarly journals PIN78 REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG BLACKS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) – A FOCUS ON QUALITY OF CARE

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. S207
Author(s):  
S. Nduaguba ◽  
J.C. Barner ◽  
K. Ford ◽  
J. Wilson ◽  
K.A. Lawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus
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