Health Disparities Among Latinos for Child Mental Health Services
The prevention and treatment of mental health problems in children in this country has received national attention in recent years. Mental health in children includes social, developmental, emotional, and behavioral issues and is an essential component of overall health (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], 2001). Factors such as physical impairments, cognitive disabilities, low birth weight, a family history of mental or additive disorders or poverty, parental separation, or child abuse or neglect place children at risk for mental health problems (U.S. Public Health Service [U.S. PHS], 2000). According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S ..... Full Story
| For parents of sick children, one of the most important measures of quality hospital care is how well nurses communicate about treatment, tests and pain management.
In the July-August 2008 issue of Pediatric Nursing, Susan Hong and her co-authors explore the relationship between nurses’ communication and pediatric parents’ satisfaction. The authors studied the pediatric unit of a United States teaching hospital on the west coast. The unit had received a lower than 50% ranking for nurse communication.
According to the authors, parents prefer language they can understand – not medical terminology, as well as assurance from caregivers in uncertain situations ..... Full Story
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| The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF) is investing millions of dollars to eliminate health disparities between white and minority Tarheel residents.
Over the next three years, the Fund will make $7.5 million in grants available to agencies and initiatives that target disparities.
Last week, HWTF began accepting applications from eligible organizations with documented experience and success in developing and implementing services to reduce disparities in health status by providing services to one or more of the groups targeted in the HWTF Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (HDI) or facilitating the development of such services.
Funds are available to initiate new projects, or to expand existing projects that are specifically designed to focus on reducing health disparities related to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer among adults .....Full Story
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he Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change program seeks to improve the quality of health care provided to patients from racial and ethnic backgrounds likely to experience disparities.
The Finding Answers program will grant funds to discover and evaluate practical and replicable solutions designed to reduce and eliminate disease-specific racial and ethnic health care disparities; focus on interventions aimed at healthcare delivery for cardiovascular disease, depression, and/or diabetes; conduct systematic reviews of the literature regarding racial and ethnic healthcare disparities interventions; and disseminate results from these research efforts and systematic reviews to encourage healthcare systems to address racial and ethnic gaps in care .....Full Story
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