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Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities
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Access and Quality of Care for Vulnerable Black Populations.
Identifies and examines effective interventions for chronically ill
African-American adults and low-income children who primarily receive care
from community providers in inner-city and rural areas. (Principal investigator:
Robert M. Mayberry,
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.) overview
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Health Disparities in Minority Adult Americans.
Examines the effects of communication barriers and interventions to improve cultural
competence on cancer screening and management of hypertension among minority
elderly populations. (Principal investigator: Edmund M. Ricci,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.)
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Improving the Delivery of Effective Care to Minorities.
Assesses reasons for the underuse of effective interventions for managing premature
birth, breast cancer, stroke, and hypertension in ethnically diverse Harlem communities
and evaluates ways to eliminate underuse. (Principal investigator: Mark R. Chassin,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.) overview
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Overcoming Racial Health Disparities.
Focuses on addressing health disparities in cancer, hypertension, and HIV disease among African
American adults, particularly in rural settings; includes collaborative research
partnerships with two historically black universities. (Principal investigator:
Timothy S. Carey,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.) overview
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Promoting Effective Communication and Decision Making for Diverse Populations.
Assesses strategies to enhance communication and decisionmaking by ethnic/racial minority populations,
including developing decision aids for use in coronary disease and cancer screening.
(Principal investigator: A. Eugene Washington,
University of California, San Francisco, CA.)
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Racial and Ethnic Variation in Medical Interactions.
Assesses the extent to which problems in doctor-patient communication contribute to racial and ethnic
disparities in health care use. Also aims to develop effective strategies for disseminating
information and building research capacity. (Principal investigator: Carol M. Ashton,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.) overview
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UCLA/Drew/RAND Program To Address Disparities in Health.
Identifies principal factors responsible for ethnic/racial disparities and tests randomized interventions
to address those factors for infant mortality, colon cancer, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease.
(Principal investigator: Martin F. Shapiro,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA.)
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Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities in Blacks.
Examines strategies to address disparities in health status between African Americans and whites,
including those in rural areas, with specific clinical conditions including HIV disease,
cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Principal investigator: Barbara Tilley,
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.)
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Understanding and Reducing Native Elder Health Disparities.
Investigates issues relating to reducing health inequities among elderly American Indians/Alaska Natives,
such as diabetes care and increasing participation in cancer screening and other clinical
preventive services. (Principal investigator: Spero M. Manson,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.) overview
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