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ISHIB Offers Guidelines for Treating Hypertension in African Americans
According to the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB), African Americans are significantly more likely to die from high blood pressure than the general public. Yet until now, no clinical guidelines have been available to assist health care professionals in developing HBP treatment strategies targeted to the special needs of this vulnerable, high-risk population.
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Closing the Gap
What’s being done with the increased federal funding for programs designed to eliminate minority health disparities—and where do minority nurses fit into the picture?
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At a Loss for Words
For many minority patients, the inability to read and understand basic health care information--both written and verbal--can greatly contribute to the problem of unequal health outcomes. Here’s what nurses can do to help close the health literacy gap.
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Nurses With Borders
Culturally and linguistically competent Hispanic nurses can play a key role in reducing the serious health disparities faced by U.S.-Mexican border populations.
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New Health Disparities Database Focuses on Solutions, Not Statistics
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Star Power
Whether they’re identifying barriers to mental health care or developing interventions for preventing cancer, AIDS and heart disease, these Emerging Nursing Stars in Health Disparities Research are helping to create a healthier future for Americans of color
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What Color Is Your Pain?
By using interventions that help overcome cultural and communication barriers, nurses can play a crucial role in helping minority patients move from pain management disparities to parity
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A Cause for Celebration
The 10th anniversary of Howard University’s Mary Elizabeth Carnegie Research Conference was a truly special occasion celebrating the past, present and future of leadership in health disparities research
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$24 Million Awarded to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Because minority populations in the United States continue to endure health disparities compared to Caucasians—such as higher risks of high blood pressure, diabetes and certain forms of cancer—two agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are offering significant financial support to help close this gap.
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When Johnny’s Mom Can’t Read: UAB Nursing Program Aids Low-Literacy Parents
C. Alicia Georges, RN, EdD, FAAN, president of the National Black Nurses Foundation, reported that lack of health literacy has been identified as “a significant barrier to closing the disparity gap between ethnic people of color and the general population.”
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All Aboard for Cardiovascular Research TRAINing
Culturally sensitive nurse researchers investigate the causes of unequal heart disease outcomes between Caucasian Americans and the nation’s rapidly growing minority populations.
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“Clair Huxtable” Helps Raise Awareness of the Link Between Heart Disease and Diabetes
Former President Bill Clinton's initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health categorizes cardiovascular disease and diabetes as two separate health issues. Yet the connection between these two conditions is so strong that it is virtually impossible to tackle one without also addressing the other.
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DaimlerChrysler Donates Safety Seats to Save Minority Kids’ Lives
Each year, thousands of children in the U.S. are killed or injured in car accidents because they were not riding in child safety seats or because the seats were not installed properly - and a disproportionate amount of those children are African American or Hispanic.
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Lupus a Growing Threat for Minority Women
While efforts to close racial and ethnic health gaps in such areas as cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and cardiovascular disease are frequently in the national spotlight, lupus is one minority health disparity that has received relatively little attention.
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Study Finds High Rates of Eye Diseases in Latinos
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More Awareness of Sarcoidosis Disparities Needed
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Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day Targets African Americans
Physicians across the nation can expect to be busier than usual this fall, thanks to a new health promotion campaign launched by the federal Office of Minority Health (OMH).
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Diabetes Health Literacy Board Hopes to Close Patient Education Gaps
Poor literacy skills and diabetes have two things in common: They are reaching epidemic levels in the U.S. and they affect minority populations disproportionately. Put diabetes and low literacy together and the result is a recipe for disaster.
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Speakers Kit Promotes Lung Health in Minorities
As lung disease-related deaths continue to rise in the United States, so do the number of racial and ethnic minorities affected by this serious health problem—a number that is disproportionately higher than for non-minorities. To help nurses and other health professionals educate African-American, Hispanic and other minority communities about the importance of lung health, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has developed an online speakers kit that can be downloaded from the ACCP’s Web site at www.chestnet.org/minorities.
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Bringing Equal Health Outcomes within REACH
From Cambodian communities in New England to Indian tribes in Oklahoma, the REACH 2010 program is helping nurses make a major difference in improving the health of underserved populations.
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