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This special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) addresses improving the conditions that promote mental health and prevent mental disorders.
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This special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) addresses improving the conditions that promote mental health and prevent mental disorders.
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The Latino population is one of the largest immigrant groups in the United States, with the majority being of Mexican descent. Whether immigrating to the U.S. is positive for the well-being of Mexican immigrants and future generations is an important question. Authors examined how nativity status and quality of life indicators relate to life satisfaction among foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexican descent Latinos living in California.
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The Latino population is one of the largest immigrant groups in the United States, with the majority being of Mexican descent. Whether immigrating to the U.S. is positive for the well-being of Mexican immigrants and future generations is an important question. Authors examined how nativity status and quality of life indicators relate to life satisfaction among foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexican descent Latinos living in California.
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Racial/ethnic minorities, especially black Americans, suffered a disproportionate impact from COVID-19 compared with others. COVID-19 has had a particularly deleterious effect on black children and adolescents. Their COVID-19 mortality rates are twice as high as those seen in white children and adolescents. Many federal data sets are currently missing key demographic and social disadvantage measurements essential for equitable data-driven health decisions.
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Racial/ethnic minorities, especially black Americans, suffered a disproportionate impact from COVID-19 compared with others. COVID-19 has had a particularly deleterious effect on black children and adolescents. Their COVID-19 mortality rates are twice as high as those seen in white children and adolescents. Many federal data sets are currently missing key demographic and social disadvantage measurements essential for equitable data-driven health decisions.
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Precision public health offers the promise of improving health equity by delivering the “right intervention at the right time, every time to the right population.” But the COVID-19 pandemic underscored how far the United States is from delivering on that promise, especially for marginalized urban and rural American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.
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Precision public health offers the promise of improving health equity by delivering the “right intervention at the right time, every time to the right population.” But the COVID-19 pandemic underscored how far the United States is from delivering on that promise, especially for marginalized urban and rural American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.
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This article reports the outcome of a project to develop and assess a predictive model of vulnerability indicators for COVID-19 infection in Los Angeles County. Multiple data sources were used to construct four indicators for ZIP code tabulation areas: (1) pre-existing health condition, (2) barriers to accessing health care, (3) built environment risk, and (4) the CDC’s social vulnerability.
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This article reports the outcome of a project to develop and assess a predictive model of vulnerability indicators for COVID-19 infection in Los Angeles County. Multiple data sources were used to construct four indicators for ZIP code tabulation areas: (1) pre-existing health condition, (2) barriers to accessing health care, (3) built environment risk, and (4) the CDC’s social vulnerability.
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The purpose of this project is to develop multiple indicators that point to probable communities (geographic places defined by the Census Bureau’s Zip Code Tabulation Areas [ZCTA]) and populations at risk in Los Angeles County with high probability of COVID-19 infection and death across different dimensions. To achieve this, authors used data from California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the U.S.
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The purpose of this project is to develop multiple indicators that point to probable communities (geographic places defined by the Census Bureau’s Zip Code Tabulation Areas [ZCTA]) and populations at risk in Los Angeles County with high probability of COVID-19 infection and death across different dimensions. To achieve this, authors used data from California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the U.S.
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Black and Latino minorities have traditionally had poorer access to primary care than non-Latino Whites, but these patterns could change with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To guide post-ACA efforts to address mental health service disparities, authors used a nationally representative sample to characterize baseline race-, ethnicity-, and nativity-associated differences in mental health services in the context of primary care.
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Black and Latino minorities have traditionally had poorer access to primary care than non-Latino Whites, but these patterns could change with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To guide post-ACA efforts to address mental health service disparities, authors used a nationally representative sample to characterize baseline race-, ethnicity-, and nativity-associated differences in mental health services in the context of primary care.
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Black and Latino minorities have traditionally had poorer access to primary care than non-Latino Whites, but these patterns could change with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To guide post-ACA efforts to address mental health service disparities, authors used a nationally representative sample to characterize baseline race-, ethnicity-, and nativity-associated differences in mental health services in the context of primary care.
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Black and Latino minorities have traditionally had poorer access to primary care than non-Latino Whites, but these patterns could change with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To guide post-ACA efforts to address mental health service disparities, authors used a nationally representative sample to characterize baseline race-, ethnicity-, and nativity-associated differences in mental health services in the context of primary care.
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This study identifies whether culturally based differences in perceptions of health resulted in differences in ambulatory care use among the elderly. Methods: The authors conducted stratified Poisson regressions on data from a 1992 survey of older Koreans and Whites in Los Angeles County. The models included measures of demographics, health, functioning, income, insurance, social support, and culture (perceptions of health or other beliefs). Results: Descriptive findings showed older Koreans had more ambulatory physician visits, poorer functioning, and poorer perceptions of their health than Whites. Multivariate findings showed that positive perceptions of health independently reduced office visits for both Koreans and Whites, but the effect was significantly smaller for Koreans. Other cultural differences also affected use. Discussion: The findings highlight differences between older Koreans and Whites’ responses to physical and socioeconomic conditions and the importance of cultural sensitivity in the health care delivery system. Pourat N, Lubben J, Yu H, Wallace S. Perceptions of Health and Utilization of Ambulatory Care: Differences Between Korean and White Elderly. Journal of Health and Aging. 12(1): 112-134, 2000.
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This study identifies whether culturally based differences in perceptions of health resulted in differences in ambulatory care use among the elderly. Methods: The authors conducted stratified Poisson regressions on data from a 1992 survey of older Koreans and Whites in Los Angeles County. The models included measures of demographics, health, functioning, income, insurance, social support, and culture (perceptions of health or other beliefs). Results: Descriptive findings showed older Koreans had more ambulatory physician visits, poorer functioning, and poorer perceptions of their health than Whites. Multivariate findings showed that positive perceptions of health independently reduced office visits for both Koreans and Whites, but the effect was significantly smaller for Koreans. Other cultural differences also affected use. Discussion: The findings highlight differences between older Koreans and Whites’ responses to physical and socioeconomic conditions and the importance of cultural sensitivity in the health care delivery system. Pourat N, Lubben J, Yu H, Wallace S. Perceptions of Health and Utilization of Ambulatory Care: Differences Between Korean and White Elderly. Journal of Health and Aging. 12(1): 112-134, 2000.
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This study identifies whether culturally based differences in perceptions of health resulted in differences in ambulatory care use among the elderly. Methods: The authors conducted stratified Poisson regressions on data from a 1992 survey of older Koreans and Whites in Los Angeles County. The models included measures of demographics, health, functioning, income, insurance, social support, and culture (perceptions of health or other beliefs). Results: Descriptive findings showed older Koreans had more ambulatory physician visits, poorer functioning, and poorer perceptions of their health than Whites. Multivariate findings showed that positive perceptions of health independently reduced office visits for both Koreans and Whites, but the effect was significantly smaller for Koreans. Other cultural differences also affected use. Discussion: The findings highlight differences between older Koreans and Whites’ responses to physical and socioeconomic conditions and the importance of cultural sensitivity in the health care delivery system. Pourat N, Lubben J, Yu H, Wallace S. Perceptions of Health and Utilization of Ambulatory Care: Differences Between Korean and White Elderly. Journal of Health and Aging. 12(1): 112-134, 2000.
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This study identifies whether culturally based differences in perceptions of health resulted in differences in ambulatory care use among the elderly. Methods: The authors conducted stratified Poisson regressions on data from a 1992 survey of older Koreans and Whites in Los Angeles County. The models included measures of demographics, health, functioning, income, insurance, social support, and culture (perceptions of health or other beliefs). Results: Descriptive findings showed older Koreans had more ambulatory physician visits, poorer functioning, and poorer perceptions of their health than Whites. Multivariate findings showed that positive perceptions of health independently reduced office visits for both Koreans and Whites, but the effect was significantly smaller for Koreans. Other cultural differences also affected use. Discussion: The findings highlight differences between older Koreans and Whites’ responses to physical and socioeconomic conditions and the importance of cultural sensitivity in the health care delivery system. Pourat N, Lubben J, Yu H, Wallace S. Perceptions of Health and Utilization of Ambulatory Care: Differences Between Korean and White Elderly. Journal of Health and Aging. 12(1): 112-134, 2000.