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"They Need to Know the Science, but We also Need to Listen": Perspectives of Black Rural Postpartum Mothers' Health Care Providers And Support Persons. “他们需要了解科学,但我们也需要倾听”:农村黑人产后母亲的医疗保健提供者和支持人员的观点。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-29 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0051
Natalie Hernandez-Green, Morgan V Davis, Kaitlyn Hernandez-Spalding, Merna S Beshara, Oluyemi Farinu, Kennedy Lewis, Sherilyn Francis, LeThenia Joy Baker, Sherrell Byrd, Andrea Parker, Rasheeta Chandler
{"title":"\"They Need to Know the Science, but We also Need to Listen\": Perspectives of Black Rural Postpartum Mothers' Health Care Providers And Support Persons.","authors":"Natalie Hernandez-Green, Morgan V Davis, Kaitlyn Hernandez-Spalding, Merna S Beshara, Oluyemi Farinu, Kennedy Lewis, Sherilyn Francis, LeThenia Joy Baker, Sherrell Byrd, Andrea Parker, Rasheeta Chandler","doi":"10.1089/heq.2024.0051","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2024.0051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the United States, Black women are three times more likely to be affected by maternal mortality than White women. People who live in rural areas also face an increased risk. The objective of this study was to explore the perspectives of Black postpartum women's support persons and health care providers, and the impact of race and rurality on their roles, to inform the development of a mobile health (mHealth) application focused on postpartum transitional care for rural Black women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing a semistructured designed discussion guide, we conducted four focus groups between July 2021 and October 2021. We asked support persons and health care providers to share their opinions about (1) postpartum needs, (2) the current hospital discharge process, (3) gender discrimination and experiences of racism and classism, and (4) suggestions for mobile application development.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten health care providers and seven support persons participated in the focus groups. A total of 57.1% of support persons identified themselves as a family member of the mother. In addition, 60% of health care providers indicated they practiced in a rural area at the time. Identified themes included race and rurality, emotional health, participants' roles in relation to mothers' needs, and the importance of technology for accessing information and resources.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When describing their personal experiences, participants emphasized the importance of mHealth technology for helping Black postpartum mothers access health information. Insight from support persons and health care providers highlighted the challenges Black rural mothers face during the postpartum period and how our mobile application can be best utilized to address their needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"568-577"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11464872/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Outcomes: Insights from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and Education Study. 糖尿病预防结果中的种族和民族差异:糖尿病前期知情决定和教育研究的启示》。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2023.0186
Yelba Castellon-Lopez, O Kenrik Duru, Norman Turk, Gerardo Moreno, Keith C Norris, Amanda Vu, Rintu P Saju, Chi-Hong Tseng, Kia Skrine-Jeffers, Carol M Mangione, Dominick Frosch, Tannaz Moin
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Outcomes: Insights from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and Education Study.","authors":"Yelba Castellon-Lopez, O Kenrik Duru, Norman Turk, Gerardo Moreno, Keith C Norris, Amanda Vu, Rintu P Saju, Chi-Hong Tseng, Kia Skrine-Jeffers, Carol M Mangione, Dominick Frosch, Tannaz Moin","doi":"10.1089/heq.2023.0186","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2023.0186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To achieve health equity, interventions should yield similar effectiveness across all patient subgroups. However, the adoption of diabetes prevention strategies and successful weight loss in \"real-world\" Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) translational studies have varied by race and ethnicity. We examined racial and ethnic differences in diabetes prevention outcomes among study participants from the Prediabetes Informed Decisions and Education (PRIDE) Study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a retrospective analysis of data from the PRIDE cluster randomized trial across a large health system, we examined (1) percent weight change and (2) uptake of DPP and/or metformin among overweight/obese participants with prediabetes 12 months after participating in a pharmacist-led shared decision-making (SDM) intervention. We stratified the outcomes by race and ethnicity using a generalized linear mixed-effects model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study participants (<i>n</i> = 515) had an average age of 56 years (standard deviation [SD] = 11.0), hemoglobin A1c of 6.0% (SD = 0.20), and body mass index of 30.3 (SD = 5.2). Black/African American and Latino study participants lost significantly less weight at the 12-month follow-up compared with White/Caucasian participants (-1.0% and -1.2%, respectively, vs. -3.3%, <i>p</i> < 0.01 for both comparisons). There was no significant difference in the adoption of diabetes prevention strategies between racial and ethnic groups after completing an educational SDM intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To better promote health equity, future studies should investigate the potential causal factors for these differences in weight loss, such as variations in socioeconomic status, physical activity, cultural influences, and neighborhood characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"659-666"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11406154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Overcoming Health Inequities: Spatial Analysis of Seroprevalence and Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Chile. 克服卫生不平等:智利COVID-19血清患病率和疫苗接种的空间分析。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2023.0204
Muriel Ramírez-Santana, Juan Correa, Loreto Núñez Franz, Mauricio Apablaza, Paola Rubilar, Cecilia Vial, Lina Jimena Cortes, Juan Hormazábal, Luis Canales, Pablo Vial, Ximena Aguilera
{"title":"Overcoming Health Inequities: Spatial Analysis of Seroprevalence and Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Chile.","authors":"Muriel Ramírez-Santana, Juan Correa, Loreto Núñez Franz, Mauricio Apablaza, Paola Rubilar, Cecilia Vial, Lina Jimena Cortes, Juan Hormazábal, Luis Canales, Pablo Vial, Ximena Aguilera","doi":"10.1089/heq.2023.0204","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2023.0204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In unequal economies, the spread of the first waves of the COVID-19 was usually associated with low socioeconomic status of individuals and their families. Chile exemplified this. By mid-2020, Chile had one of the highest SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in the world predominantly in poorer areas. A year later, the country launched a universal vaccination campaign based on the national strategy of immunization established in 1975. By 2022, Chile presented one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination coverages globally, reaching 94.3% of the population with the primary scheme by the end of 2022.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study analyzes the spatial distribution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence at the beginning of the pandemic (2020) compared with the seroprevalence after 2 years of ongoing epidemic and COVID-19 vaccination campaigns (2022).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two population-based random samples of individuals aged 7 years and older from two Chilean cities were studied. Utilizing an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test, IgG antibodies were measured in serum of 1061 participants in 2020, and 853 in 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using the Global Moran's Index, the seroprevalence distribution pattern for the year 2020 showed clustering in the two cities. Conversely, seroprevalence and vaccinations were homogeneously distributed in 2022. These results show the success of the vaccination campaign in Chile, not only in coverage but also because it widely reached all individuals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The uptake of this preventive measure is high, regardless of the social and economic factors, achieving broad population immunity. The extensive deployment of the primary health care network contributed to reducing health inequities and promoting to universal health access.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"558-567"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11392677/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Opportunities to Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine Systematic Reviews for Racial Equity. 改进、改革和重新构想种族平等系统审查的机会。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2023.0150
Darchelle V Excellent, Bonnie Jones-Hepler, Amelia N Gibson, Megan von Isenburg, Kristin P Tully, Debra H Brandon
{"title":"Opportunities to Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine Systematic Reviews for Racial Equity.","authors":"Darchelle V Excellent, Bonnie Jones-Hepler, Amelia N Gibson, Megan von Isenburg, Kristin P Tully, Debra H Brandon","doi":"10.1089/heq.2023.0150","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2023.0150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Systematic reviews are used for synthesizing and summarizing published research on any given topic and population of interest. These reviews can expand knowledge within a content area but are limited by place and time values, which can perpetuate bias and systemic racism. This article reports a student's experience with conducting a systematic review on breastfeeding experiences among black birthing parents. We explore the systematic racism perpetuated by the current systematic review search process. We then use McLemore's \"Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine\" framework for health equity to propose ways to increase transparency and racial equity through the systematic review process and academic mentoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"554-557"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11392674/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Establishing a Health Equity Office: The Importance of Recentering Equity. 建立卫生公平办公室:重新进入公平的重要性。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-20 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0004
Aswita Tan-McGrory, Amita Bey, John D Cowden, Hans B Kersten, Arie Nettles, W Cody Reynolds, Valerie L Ward, Lenny Lopez
{"title":"Establishing a Health Equity Office: The Importance of Recentering Equity.","authors":"Aswita Tan-McGrory, Amita Bey, John D Cowden, Hans B Kersten, Arie Nettles, W Cody Reynolds, Valerie L Ward, Lenny Lopez","doi":"10.1089/heq.2024.0004","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2024.0004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative (PHEC) set out to describe the best practices for establishing a health equity-focused office within a clinical setting.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>Survey and in-depth interviews of the members of the PHEC comprised pediatric care delivery systems in the United States and Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Human-centered design methods were utilized in an iterative fashion to develop and agree on survey and interview domains. The final seven domains were as follows: (1) history of the office, (2) general description of the office, (3) position of the office in the organization, (4) budget and finance, (5) stakeholders, (6) community engagement, and (7) measuring outcomes. Interviews were analyzed using an applied thematic approach to inductively identify themes until saturation was achieved.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PHEC participants articulated several key implementation factors in the development of a health equity office. First, the history of the office is important and has the potential to determine the office's scope of work and sphere of influence. Second, a health equity office can provide crosscutting organizational direction, stability, and execution of equity efforts, reducing the effects of siloing. Third, high-level leadership buy-in provides time and financial resources. Finally, a health equity office should be centrally involved in the collection, analysis, and reporting of equity-focused metrics.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A health equity-focused office can play an integral and sustaining role in representing and focusing equity efforts across an organization, measuring processes and outcomes, and helping to develop the equity mission and vision.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"538-553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11347870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Identity, Acculturation, and E-Cigarette Use among Bicultural Hispanic Youth and Young Adults. 双文化西班牙青年和年轻人的身份认同、文化适应和电子烟使用。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-19 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0013
Emily C Sanders, Sarah Evans, Alex Budenz, N Yvette Frias, Sarah Byrnes, Everly Macario
{"title":"Identity, Acculturation, and E-Cigarette Use among Bicultural Hispanic Youth and Young Adults.","authors":"Emily C Sanders, Sarah Evans, Alex Budenz, N Yvette Frias, Sarah Byrnes, Everly Macario","doi":"10.1089/heq.2024.0013","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2024.0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Research suggests Hispanic/Latino/a/x/e (hereafter Hispanic) youth/young adult (YYA) tobacco use may vary by acculturation level, but few studies have explored e-cigarette use by acculturation or how bicultural identity may affect tobacco susceptibility. This study examined acculturation's role in U.S. Hispanic YYA e-cigarette use to better understand risk and protective factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted 20 virtual focus groups in English/Spanish with Hispanic 13-24-year-olds (December 2021-January 2022). We coded transcripts in their original language (intercoder reliability kappa 0.89) and conducted thematic analysis segmented by age cohort, e-cigarette use, and acculturation level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More acculturated participants had greater knowledge/familiarity with tobacco/nicotine compared with less acculturated participants. Bicultural participants more commonly mentioned curiosity and direct peer pressure as e-cigarette use drivers. While bicultural participants noted the negative impacts of e-cigarette use on family relationships, this was not a use deterrent. Less acculturated participants were most concerned with stigma, negative family impacts, and broader Hispanic community disapproval.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study suggests that differences related to Hispanic identity and the acculturative process may increase or decrease e-cigarette use risk. Bicultural YYA, who represent more than half of U.S. Hispanic YYA, toggle between Hispanic roots and mainstream U.S. culture, which can lead to unique stressors that may increase susceptibility to e-cigarettes.</p><p><strong>Health equity implications: </strong>Public health efforts must recognize the heterogeneity of the Hispanic population and the role acculturation plays in e-cigarette use. A nuanced understanding can inform the design of targeted and effective public health strategies to reduce disparities in e-cigarette risk and use.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"527-537"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11347873/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Equity Across Religious Identity: Assessing Student Attitudes and Experiences with the Medical School Religious Holiday Policy. 跨宗教认同的公平:评估学生对医学院宗教节日政策的态度和经验。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0066
Sarah Battiston, Emily Otiso, Dustyn Levenson, Haniyeh Zamani, Ijeoma Nnodim Opara
{"title":"Equity Across Religious Identity: Assessing Student Attitudes and Experiences with the Medical School Religious Holiday Policy.","authors":"Sarah Battiston, Emily Otiso, Dustyn Levenson, Haniyeh Zamani, Ijeoma Nnodim Opara","doi":"10.1089/heq.2024.0066","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2024.0066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) is the largest single-campus medical school located in a diverse community. WSUSOM's religious holiday policy guarantees time off for observance of one religious holiday. For all other religious holidays, students must request for time off. The current policy lacks specific guidelines to ensure equity across religious identities when granting time off. Religious and spiritual practice can enhance wellness. Therefore, assessing the equity of the current policy is crucial to ensuring equitable access to wellness.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This project aims to assess students' attitudes and experiences with the current religious holiday policy at WSUSOM and compare experiences across religious identities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 17-question Qualtrics survey was emailed to all WSUSOM students. Survey questions included demographics, experiences with the current policy, and Likert scales to assess attitudes. Data was analyzed holistically and assessed for variation among religious identities using chi-squared analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis included 156 surveys: 27.5% of students reported difficulties getting their religious holiday off, and 9.8% were denied a religious holiday, Muslims being the most impacted (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Muslim identifying students (75%) reported the highest incidence of completing additional work to receive an absence; 35.6% of students agreed that the current policy caused mental distress and majority of those being Muslim students (<i>p</i> < 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current policy has caused difficulty for many students and has disproportionately impacted students from minority religions (especially Islam), exposing the need for a new policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"519-526"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11347874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Continued Significance of Obstetric Violence: A Response to Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet et al. 产科暴力的持续意义:对Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet等人的回应。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0093
Dána-Ain Davis, Monica J Casper, Evelynn Hammonds, Wendy Post
{"title":"The Continued Significance of Obstetric Violence: A Response to Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet et al.","authors":"Dána-Ain Davis, Monica J Casper, Evelynn Hammonds, Wendy Post","doi":"10.1089/heq.2024.0093","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2024.0093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This guest editorial offers a critical response to Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet et al.'s clinical opinion dismissing obstetric violence as both emotionally charged and damaging to provider-patient relationships. We assert that obstetric violence remains a significant and useful framework to name and challenge racist, misogynist, and harmful medical practices. We note that such harmful practices are embedded in systems and cannot be addressed merely by individual physicians or shifts in the provider-patient relationship. Throughout, we situate the term obstetric violence in historical and legal context and demonstrate its continuing relevance to contemporary reproductive health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"513-518"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11392676/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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An Examination of Responses to COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Efforts in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx Communities of Los Angeles. 对洛杉矶黑人/非裔美国人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔社区应对COVID-19接触者追踪工作的审查。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2023.0243
Sharon Cobb, Katrina Schrode, Hafifa Siddiq, Shanika Boyce, Kelly D Taylor, Roberto Vargas, Nina Harawa
{"title":"An Examination of Responses to COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Efforts in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx Communities of Los Angeles.","authors":"Sharon Cobb, Katrina Schrode, Hafifa Siddiq, Shanika Boyce, Kelly D Taylor, Roberto Vargas, Nina Harawa","doi":"10.1089/heq.2023.0243","DOIUrl":"10.1089/heq.2023.0243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 contact-tracing efforts among cases tested in under-resourced and predominately Latino and Black communities of South Los Angeles, California.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study involved a cross-sectional survey with 1,713 adults. Recruitment occurred between June and November 2021 with eligible individuals who had previously received a COVID-19 diagnosis through designated testing sites. The LA County Department of Public Health operated a culturally responsive program for contact tracing that included provision of education and service referrals to newly diagnosed cases through much of the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants were majority female (63%), Hispanic/Latino/a/x (64%), ages 18-40 (69%), and surveyed in English (77%). Overall contact-tracing experiences were rated positively, regardless of demographics (average means of 3.1-3.2/4.0). Those surveyed in Spanish were more likely to endorse positive statements if their contact tracer also spoke Spanish. Although over 75% of participants shared a range of the different information types requested, 49-52% endorsed concerns about data security and uses of the solicited information.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite eliciting some concerns, contact-tracing efforts were generally positively received.</p><p><strong>Policy implications: </strong>Investments in contact tracing in similar communities should consider language-concordant contact tracers, community-based health worker training in trust building, and addressing social and health needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36602,"journal":{"name":"Health Equity","volume":"8 1","pages":"493-504"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11347877/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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MCO Perspectives on Medicaid Policy: Racial Equity in Pregnancy and Child Health. MCO对医疗补助政策的看法:怀孕和儿童健康中的种族平等。
IF 2.6
Health Equity Pub Date : 2024-08-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0025
Christine McClure, Cynthia Salter, Dara D Méndez, Evan S Cole, Sarah A Sanders, Sydney Sharp, Marquita Smalls, Linda Adodoadji, Adena Bowden, Marian Jarlenski
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