How is gender implicated in our exploration of health disparities in Canada? Set against the
backdrop of federal government policy, this review paper examines the ways in which …

Objectives. This study compared health indicators among self-identified lesbians/bisexual
women and heterosexual women residing in Los Angeles County. Methods. Respondents …

Screening and treatment rates for dyslipidemia in populations at high risk for cardiovascular
disease (CVD) are inappropriately low and rates among women may be lower than among …

Understanding the factors that contribute to the health disparities among racial and ethnic
minorities in the United States is very important given the growing Latina population …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate racial and ethnic disparity in blood pressure and cholesterol
measurement and to analyze factors associated with any observed disparity. DESIGN: Cross …

OBJECTIVE: We compare preventive services utilization among privately insured African
Americans and Hispanics in managed care organizations (MCOs) versus fee-for-service …

BACKGROUND: Women with HIV infection have lagged behind men in receipt of critical
health care, but it is not known if those disparities are due in part to where women receive …

Do physician perceptions of patient “deservingness” factor into the decision to prescribe
opioid analgesics? Using a data set of 398 physicians randomly selected from the American …

This review of minority health describes the existing health disparities, the barriers to
healthcare access and utilization, the role of three social determinants of health [ie,(1) …

Adult education Collective case study Cross-case analysis Cultural competence Evidence
based program planning Health care Medical education Multicultural education Multicultural …