Jacqueline H Tran, Eddie G Hu, Andrew Menor, Doreena P Wong
{"title":"Community Centered Education, Interpreter Training, and Advocacy to Improve Language Access for California's Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.","authors":"Jacqueline H Tran, Eddie G Hu, Andrew Menor, Doreena P Wong","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967363","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate health services accessibility has disproportionately affected communities with limited English proficiency. Comprehensive community efforts, including outreach and education, medical interpreter training, and advocacy to inform practices and policies, may lead to sustainable improvements in access to quality health care for diverse communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"99-108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alia Southworth, Susan M Perrine, Paula Lozano, Chieko Maene, Shivam Bhargava, Arshiya A Baig, Karen E Kim, Fornessa T Randal
{"title":"The All One Community (A1C) Program Boosts Diabetes Outcomes in Under-Engaged Asian Immigrants Through Culturally Tailored Education and Partner-Supported Enrollment.","authors":"Alia Southworth, Susan M Perrine, Paula Lozano, Chieko Maene, Shivam Bhargava, Arshiya A Baig, Karen E Kim, Fornessa T Randal","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967365","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The All One Community (A1C) program addresses chronic disease among immigrant populations, specifically South Asian, Arab, and Rohingya groups in Greater Chicago. The program offers culturally and linguistically tailored type 2 diabetes education, incorporating social support from family or friends. Participants (n=247) provided biometric data at baseline and during community screenings at 3, 6, and 9 months. Of the 199 participants completing at least 10 sessions, 91 had diabetes (HbA1C ≥ 6.5). Significant improvements in blood pressure (p=0.025) and body mass index (BMI, p=0.015) were observed. Diabetic participants with a social support partner experienced greater BMI reductions (p<0.05). Uninsured participants showed more significant improvements in systolic blood pressure (p=0.02) and cholesterol (p=0.04) than those with insurance. The findings suggest that social support and targeted interventions can improve diabetes management in uninsured immigrants at higher health risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"135-159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura McFadyen, Emmaline Keesee, George Pink, Sally Stearns
{"title":"Medicaid Expansion and Nursing Homes Through the Lens of U.S. Rural Communities.","authors":"Laura McFadyen, Emmaline Keesee, George Pink, Sally Stearns","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975593","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a growing population of adults under 65 with disabilities needing to access long-term care (LTC). Rural areas are seeing this population rise while also experiencing growing nursing home closures. Medicaid, the largest payer of LTC, already pays for more LTC in rural areas than in urban areas. Therefore, state Medicaid expansion may increase insurance coverage for newly eligible individuals needing to use rural nursing homes. Using LTC Focus from 2011-2019, this paper conducts a Callaway Sant'Anna Difference-in-Differences analysis to understand the impacts of Medicaid expansion on rural nursing home admission demographics. Results indicated no significant effect of expansion on the percentage of Medicaid-dependent admissions and the percentage of under-65 admissions. Expansion was associated with a decrease in the percentage of admissions accounted for by Black individuals (-0.97** CI: -1.62, -0.33) in the included counties. More research must be conducted to study why the percent of Black admissions declined.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 4","pages":"1389-1411"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Logan D Adams, Kirsten A Dickins, Elizabeth Lewis, Marguerite E Beiser, Travis P Baggett, Danielle R Fine
{"title":"Liver-related Mortality in Homeless-experienced Adults over a 16-year Period.","authors":"Logan D Adams, Kirsten A Dickins, Elizabeth Lewis, Marguerite E Beiser, Travis P Baggett, Danielle R Fine","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975588","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The objective of this study was to examine liver-related mortality trends in a large cohort of homeless-experienced adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We linked a cohort of 60,092 adults who received care at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) from 2003-2017 to death occurrence files. We evaluated temporal trends in age-standardized liver-related mortality and identified leading causes of liver-related death compared with the Massachusetts population, reporting standardized mortality rate ratios (SRRs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 7,130 deaths in the cohort, 652 (9.1%) were liver-related. Liver-related mortality decreased on average 3.5% annually, though remained significantly higher than the Massachusetts population. Leading causes of liver-related death were cirrhosis (n=157, SRR 3.2), liver cancer (n=148, SRR 2.4), alcohol-related liver disease (n=140, SRR 4.4), and viral hepatitis (n=99, SRR 7.2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Efforts to address alcohol use disorder and viral hepatitis in this population may reduce the substantial disparity seen in liver-related mortality in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 4","pages":"1287-1299"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasaswi Kislovskiy, Jamie Martina, Alexa Primavera, Natalie Pino, Elizabeth Miller, Judy C Chang
{"title":"Sex Workers' Guidance for an Outpatient Clinic, A Community-Partnered Study Using Nominal Group Process and Narrative Review in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.","authors":"Yasaswi Kislovskiy, Jamie Martina, Alexa Primavera, Natalie Pino, Elizabeth Miller, Judy C Chang","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975591","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a975591","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify recommendations from sex workers for the design of a hospital-based ambulatory clinic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used community-partnered purposive recruitment to identify sex workers in our county. We used nominal group process, and participants of two focus groups generated recommendations for health care delivered in a clinic for sex workers, reviewed relevant research identified by narrative review, and ranked a final list of recommendations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the first focus group (n=6), sex workers recommended the clinic have access to housing, food, and insurance resources, along with non-judgmental, anti-racist providers who are approved by sex workers as appropriate caregivers. In the second group (n=5), participants considered five relevant research articles and added recommendations on substance use treatment services and funding for free care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Recommendations made by sex workers during this nominal group process created a guide for an ambulatory clinic that may improve health care for sex workers in [our region].</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 4","pages":"1344-1366"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storm Clouds and a New Partnership.","authors":"Virginia M Brennan","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967328","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967328","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3","pages":"vii-x"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Frostbite Injuries in Chicago's Unsheltered Population.","authors":"Owen Lewer, Cassandra Singler, Emily Wong, Danielle McGinnis, Theresa Nguyen","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951597","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People experiencing unsheltered homelessness (PEUH) have an increased risk of frostbite injury, which can be a dangerous and debilitating condition. Our study aims to determine the prevalence, incidence, and impact of frostbite in the unsheltered population in Chicago and nearby suburbs. We administered a survey at a Chicago Transit Authority metro station in suburban Cook County to assess the frequency of frostbite injury and the circumstances surrounding frostbite in this community. Our results demonstrated that frostbite is both common (incidence rate (IR) =1271.67 cases of frostbite per 100,000 life-years (LY)) and highly morbid (IR=46.24 amputations per 100,000 LY) in PEUH in Chicago. We hope to include more street medicine partners to raise awareness about the impact of frostbite injury in the unsheltered population and advocate for improved emergency preparedness plans during the cold winter season.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"284-294"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jon Tilburt, John Fasolino, Atul Jain, Nathan Delafield, Barb Thomley, Justin Anderson, Elizabeth Burden, Cynthia Heus, Jamie Leybeck, Janice Jones, Adam Van Hyfte, Don Northfelt, Paola Scarberry, Steven Ressler
{"title":"Improving AI/AN Access to Care at a Specialty Academic Center in the American Southwest: Lessons Learned from a Practice Evaluation Initiative.","authors":"Jon Tilburt, John Fasolino, Atul Jain, Nathan Delafield, Barb Thomley, Justin Anderson, Elizabeth Burden, Cynthia Heus, Jamie Leybeck, Janice Jones, Adam Van Hyfte, Don Northfelt, Paola Scarberry, Steven Ressler","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967348","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report describes a practice evaluation initiative aimed at improving access to tertiary referral care for American Indian and Alaska Native patients. It outlines challenges related to insurance coverage, electronic systems, and related logistical issues. Conversations with local tribal health leaders yielded future education and service collaboration opportunities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3","pages":"1054-1061"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annie Ro, Celina Morales, Sarah Axeen, Anna Gorman, Todd Schneberk
{"title":"Undocumented Patients with Access to Primary Care and Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from a Safety-Net System.","authors":"Annie Ro, Celina Morales, Sarah Axeen, Anna Gorman, Todd Schneberk","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967338","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967338","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined whether undocumented patients enrolled in a health care coverage program in Los Angeles have fewer avoidable emergency department (ED) visits than other foreign-born patients. We analyzed 2016-2020 ED encounters from all safety-net hospitals in Los Angeles County. We estimated the odds that an ED encounter was for an ambulatory care sensitive condition from mixed effects models among 1) undocumented patients in the program, My Health LA (MHLA), 2) non-MHLA undocumented patients, and 3) foreign-born documented patients (n=567,671). My Health LA patients had a lower likelihood of avoidable visits from acute conditions and non-diabetes chronic diseases than the foreign-born documented patients and non-MHLA patients. However, they had greater likelihood of visits related to type 2 diabetes (T2D). Having access to regular primary care improves some acute and chronic disease-related utilization but undocumented patients with T2D may select into the program and face ongoing challenges managing the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3","pages":"900-914"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabrina M Darwiche, Anda K Kuo, Christine Schudel, Maya Morales, Helen Iat Chio Chan, Dayna Long
{"title":"What is Unspoken: The Discomfort Experienced by Pediatric Resident Physicians Delivering Racially Discordant Clinical Care.","authors":"Sabrina M Darwiche, Anda K Kuo, Christine Schudel, Maya Morales, Helen Iat Chio Chan, Dayna Long","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951593","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A diverse physician workforce is imperative to addressing health inequities, but few physicians identify as Black or Hispanic. Therefore, this study used the social constructionism framework to explore pediatric residents' perceptions of race in medical encounters. A qualitative study of 47 trainees at a tertiary care center revealed the following: (1) racism, not race, influences health; (2) trainee perceptions around race create feelings of discomfort during some racially discordant patient encounters, while they were a source of comfort for trainees of color during concordant encounters; and (3) trainee perceptions around race in racially discordant clinical encounters may result in a change in clinical practice. While participants expressed awareness that racism drives health disparities, they had limited understanding of how their interactions might further perpetuate disparate health outcomes for patients of color. This emphasizes the need to support anti-racism competencies in medical education and increase workforce diversity in health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"192-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}