Mitchell A Blount, Sophia Steinberg, Sushana Lamsal, Alexandria C Marbury, Glory Okwori, Rachel Alterman Wallack, Dimple Desai, Brittney Newton, Eniyah Baptiste, Malaka Nzinga, Susan McLaren, Megan D Douglas
{"title":"Evaluation of a Youth-Adult Partnership Advisory Council for Black Youth Mental Health Policy Innovation in Georgia.","authors":"Mitchell A Blount, Sophia Steinberg, Sushana Lamsal, Alexandria C Marbury, Glory Okwori, Rachel Alterman Wallack, Dimple Desai, Brittney Newton, Eniyah Baptiste, Malaka Nzinga, Susan McLaren, Megan D Douglas","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967359","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Innovative policy solutions are needed to create environments in which Black youth thrive. This paper describes evaluation of a youth-adult partnership advisory council (AC) convened to guide identification and implementation of innovative policy. Results of this evaluation demonstrate the promise and challenges of youth-adult partnerships in mental health policy development.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"58-68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876078","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}
Lauryn Berner-Davis, Kimberly Chiaramonte, Chelsea Hardin Hensley, Sarah Price, Ted Henson, Naomi Smith, Alaina Boyer
{"title":"Access through Community Health Worker Engagement: Summary of a Vaccine Ambassador Program to Address Vaccine Hesitancy.","authors":"Lauryn Berner-Davis, Kimberly Chiaramonte, Chelsea Hardin Hensley, Sarah Price, Ted Henson, Naomi Smith, Alaina Boyer","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967349","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>COVID-19 does not affect all populations equally. From November 2021 to June 2024, the Vaccine Ambassador Program (VAP) employed peer workers across 15 cities to engage three focus populations. The VAP model has changed the way these organizations' structure care teams, leveraging peer relationships to provide more than 50,000 immunizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3","pages":"1062-1073"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876033","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":"Re-Evaluating the Medicaid Sterilization Consent Process.","authors":"Cynthia Abraham","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951599","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951599","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, individuals with federally-funded health insurance who desire sterilization are required to sign the Consent for Sterilization form (Title XIX form) at least 30 days before the date of the procedure. The form remains valid for 180 days with the only exceptions being cases in which emergency abdominal surgery or premature delivery is warranted. These tenets were constructed in response to public outcry over sterilization abuses that had occurred during the early 20th century. Although the intention of the Medicaid sterilization consent process lay in protecting the reproductive rights of individuals and preventing forced or coerced sterilization, the restrictions associated with the consent for sterilization currently serve as a barrier to access to care. This commentary is a call to modify the Medicaid sterilization consent form.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"327-334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434291","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}
Aize Cao, Arielle M Fisher, Russell E Poland, Todd Gary, Jeffrey Schnipper, Kenneth Sands
{"title":"Racial Disparities in Mortality and Readmission Among COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients.","authors":"Aize Cao, Arielle M Fisher, Russell E Poland, Todd Gary, Jeffrey Schnipper, Kenneth Sands","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951589","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate racial disparities among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 using electronic health records from a large community-based health care system between March 2020 and February 2021. The primary outcomes were in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission. Demographics, clinical characteristics, and socioeconomic factors were analyzed using logistic regression, with adjusted odds ratios (AOR) reported. The study identified 90,490 patients, including Hispanic (29%), White (45.5%), Black (17.3%), Asian (3.1%), and Others (4.1%). The mortality model demonstrated a strong performance with an area under curve (AUC) of 0.88 (95%CI=0.877-0.885) and a Brier score of 0.093 (95%CI=0.092-0.095). For the 30-day readmission model, the AUC was 0.726 (95%CI=0.717-0.734) with a Brier score of 0.091 (95%CI=0.088-0.093). Compared with Whites, Hispanics exhibited a higher risk of mortality (AOR=1.23; 95%CI=1.16-1.31) but a lower likelihood of readmission (AOR=0.89; 95%CI=0.83-0.97). These findings highlight the critical need for targeted health management strategies across different racial and ethnic groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"115-143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434290","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}
Vanessa L Errisuriz, Deborah Parra-Medina, Heather Cuevas, Bertha E Flores, Laura Delfausse, Christina Galvan, Renata Morfin, Jing Wang, Vanessa Sweet, Zenong Yin
{"title":"A Community-Academic Partnership Using Digital Solutions for Diabetes Self-Management.","authors":"Vanessa L Errisuriz, Deborah Parra-Medina, Heather Cuevas, Bertha E Flores, Laura Delfausse, Christina Galvan, Renata Morfin, Jing Wang, Vanessa Sweet, Zenong Yin","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967361","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An academic-community partnership developed a bilingual, family-centered type 2 diabetes self-management program for underserved Latinos, emphasizing cultural relevance, stakeholder engagement, and digital equity. This experience provides practical insights for organizations designing digital health interventions to promote healthy lifestyles and disease management among underserved populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"77-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876073","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}
Kristen A Berg, Ellen Matlock, Adam T Perzynski, Jarrod E Dalton, Ther W Aung, Tim Dehm, Isaac Robb, Michael W Kenyhercz
{"title":"Restoring Health Equity and Resilience to Cleveland Through Vacant Land Improvements.","authors":"Kristen A Berg, Ellen Matlock, Adam T Perzynski, Jarrod E Dalton, Ther W Aung, Tim Dehm, Isaac Robb, Michael W Kenyhercz","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967357","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A collaboration between land trust and health care system organizations in Cleveland, Ohio seeks to enhance community health in historically disinvested neighborhoods by transforming vacant properties into vibrant green spaces. Greening interventions focus on four predominantly Black communities, aiming to bolster cardiovascular wellness and physical activity over time through environmental improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"39-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876083","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}
Daniel Lanford, Aisha Williams, Kathy Brennan, Jeffrey Collins-Smythe, Annelise Gilmer-Hughes, Ashley Allen
{"title":"Searching for Solutions in the South: A Network-First Approach to Health and Social Service Collaboration.","authors":"Daniel Lanford, Aisha Williams, Kathy Brennan, Jeffrey Collins-Smythe, Annelise Gilmer-Hughes, Ashley Allen","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967360","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A system of health and social service hubs was recently established by a citywide equity-oriented network in Atlanta. The Office of Minority Health recently funded an expansion of the pilot, which provides an opportunity for the work to mature and yield lessons learned from the network-first model.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3S","pages":"69-76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876084","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}
Lujain Alhajji, Maria Hadjikyriakou, Natalie Martinez-Sosa, Omar Munoz Abraham, JoNell Potter
{"title":"Combating Human Trafficking Through Education and Training: The Creation of an Outpatient Elective Experience in a Psychiatry Residency Program.","authors":"Lujain Alhajji, Maria Hadjikyriakou, Natalie Martinez-Sosa, Omar Munoz Abraham, JoNell Potter","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967350","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a967350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An outpatient elective module within a psychiatry residency program was established to train psychiatry trainees on caring for patients who have experienced human trafficking. A description of the year-long elective module and results of the residents' feedback on their experience in the elective are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 3","pages":"1074-1081"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876035","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}
Kara E MacLeod, Kakoli Roy, Diane Wirth, Jasmin Minaya-Junca, Anekwe Onwuanyi, Feijun Luo, Rashon Lane
{"title":"The Program Cost Effectiveness of a Safety-Net Hospital Program Expanding Social Needs Activities in Atlanta.","authors":"Kara E MacLeod, Kakoli Roy, Diane Wirth, Jasmin Minaya-Junca, Anekwe Onwuanyi, Feijun Luo, Rashon Lane","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951591","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951591","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Grady Heart Failure Program (GHFP), based in a safety-net hospital, is an outpatient program that follows heart failure hospitalization. The 2018 GHFP added a community health worker, patient liaison, and mobile integrated health home visits to reduce socioeconomic barriers to treatment. Important outcomes for the GHFP included the program cost and patient follow-up visits within seven days of hospital discharge. We calculated the difference in 30-day related readmission between 2017 and 2018 to assess pre-post program effectiveness. Patient follow-up visits within seven days increased from 63.7% in 2017 to 65.6% in 2018. Related 30-day readmissions declined from 15.5% in 2017 to 13.1% in 2018. Compared with 2017, the incremental program cost per related 30-day hospital readmission averted was $7,955 in 2018. The expanded GHFP is potentially cost-saving from the perspective of the hospital-provider based on the inpatient cost saved from a heart failure readmission averted.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"167-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12278172/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marjan Zakeri, Lincy S Lal, Susan M Abughosh, Shubhada Sansgiry, E James Essien, Sujit S Sansgiry
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care Among Adults with Cardiovascular Disease.","authors":"Marjan Zakeri, Lincy S Lal, Susan M Abughosh, Shubhada Sansgiry, E James Essien, Sujit S Sansgiry","doi":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951588","DOIUrl":"10.1353/hpu.2025.a951588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Racial and ethnic disparities persist in cardiovascular disease (CVD) care. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study to assess access to care for CVD patients. Unadjusted analysis of 4,686 participants indicated lower consistent access to appointments for Hispanic individuals and lower timely access to care for Black and Hispanic individuals compared with the White cohort. After adjusting for predisposing, enabling, and external factors, differences were no longer significant. Individuals aged 45-64 and those 65 and older had higher odds of consistent access to appointments and timely access to care than younger individuals. Those with only public insurance (OR=0.85, p<.05) and the uninsured (OR=0.34, p<.001) had lower consistent access to appointments than individuals with any private insurance. This study highlights the need for culturally sensitive care and targeted interventions to address socioeconomic barriers in CVD management, ensuring equitable, high-quality care for all racial and ethnic groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":48101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved","volume":"36 1","pages":"96-114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434289","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}