Agency Washington Department of Commerce’s Long Term Care Ombudsman Street Address 1200 South 336th Street Federal Way, WA 98003 Phone (253) 838-6810 URL http://www.commerce.wa.gov/site/176/default.aspx Agency Washington Department of Health’s H1N1 (Swine Flu) webpage Street Address 101 Israel Road SE P.O. Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504 Phone Toll-free 1-888-703-4364 URL http://www.doh.wa.gov/h1n1/ Agency […]
The Access Project’s Language Services Action Kit http://www.accessproject.org/adobe/language_services_action_kit.pdf Adventist Health Care Center on Health Disparities http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/health-disparities/index.aspx African American Breast Cancer Alliance http://www.geocities.com/aabcainc The African American Health Program of Montgomery County, MD http://www.onehealthylife.org African Women Cancer Awareness Association http://www.awcaa.org American Breast Cancer Fund http://www.abcf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home American Cancer Society Patient Navigator webpage http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/content/SPC_1_Navigating_Difficult_Wat ers_The_History_of_the_Patient_Navigators.asp American Cancer Society Health […]
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Health disparities are differences in health outcomes between groups that reflect social inequalities. Disability rates vary by ethnicity, age, sex and income, ranging from 10.4% among Asians to 22.6% among non‐Hispanic black to 31.3% among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Unsurprisingly, disability is more prevalent in those age 65 and older (37.8%) than those age […]
OBJECTIVE: This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a nationally representative sample of adults with and without common psychiatric disorders. METHOD: Data were drawn from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (N=34,653). Logistic regression models adjusting for sociodemographic variables and diabetes risk factors were […]
Nearly three months after the arrival of long-awaited health care reform, many people are not sure how things will change. In May 2010, 44 percent of Americans reported being confused about it, and more than a third of the public do not understand how the new law will affect them and their families.1 The Patient […]
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of individuals who participate in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) and the Winter Sports Clinic (WSC) for veterans with disabilities. In addition, it was of interest to determine how these events had impacted their lives. METHOD: Participants were recruited at the 20th Winter […]
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of individuals who participate in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG) and the Winter Sports Clinic (WSC) for veterans with disabilities. In addition, it was of interest to determine how these events had impacted their lives. METHOD: Participants were recruited at the 20th Winter […]
AIMS: Epidemiological evidence indicates a positive relationship between income and the prevalence of alcohol abuse in the general population, but an inverse relationship between income and alcohol dependence. Among those with a diagnosis of alcohol abuse, the most prevalent criterion is hazardous use, which commonly requires sufficient resources to own or access a car. The […]