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Research and Reports

2004

Fletcher PC, Hirdes JP. Restriction in activity associated with fear of falling among community-based seniors using home care services. Age Ageing. 2004;33:273-279.


Kelley-Moore JA, Ferraro KF. The Black/White disability gap: persistent inequality in later life? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004;59:S34-S43.

Mourey F, Manckoundia P, Martin-Arveux I, Tavernier-Vidal B, Pfitzenmeyer P. Psychomotor disadaptation syndrome: a new clinical entity in geriatric patients. Geriatrics. 2004;59:20-24.

Orr WB. Apathy in the older adult: Why should you care? Geriatrics 2004:59:34-36.

Tierney MT, Charles J, Naglie G, Jaglal S, Kiss, Fisher RH. Risk factors for harm in cognitively impaired seniors who live alone: A prospective study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52:9:1435.

2003

Older Hispanic Americans, less care for chronic conditions report. May 2003. Center on an Aging Society.

Scott BS. Collaboration at its best: partnerships key to reducing health disparities. Closing the Gap. Jan-Feb 2003:3.

2002 and earlier

Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparity Report. Cosmos Corporation, Office of Minority Health. September 2000.

Jasti S, Siega-Riz AM, Bentley ME. Dietary supplement use in the context of health disparities: cultural, ethnic and demographic determinants of use. J Nutr. 133:2010S-2013S.

National Institutes of Health: Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities, Fiscal Years 2002-2006. (Draft 10/6/2000).

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Resources

2003

Closing the Gap (2003). For professionals and consumers, this newsletter is from the Office of Minority Health. Each issue is devoted to a specific health topic of concern to minority communities. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health Resource Center. (800) 444-6472.

Webcast of Healthy People 2010 Session on Eliminating Minority Health Disparities (2003). For professionals, this is a webcast launched from Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium Conference in Washington, D.C. as part of the Healthy People 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (800) 444-6472.

2002 and earlier

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2002). For professionals, this book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients’and providers’ attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. National Academies Press.
(888) 624-8373.

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Web Links

Closing the Health Gap <http://www.omhrc.gov/healthgap/index.htm>

Health and Human Services Agencies <http://www.omhrc.gov/omhrc/healthlinks/hlhhs.htm>

HealthFinder <http://www.healthfinder.gov/>

Intercultural Cancer Center <http://icc.bcm.tmc.edu>

Office for Civil Rights <http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/racialdisparaties.html>

Office of Minority Health <http://www.omhrc.gov/>

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Last updated: 09/30/2004