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Bicultural Context and Metabolic Health
Title
Bicultural Context and Metabolic Health
Author
Rodriguez Diaz, Michelle
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Clinical psychology
Description
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are among the leading causes of death in the United States (NCHS, 2016), making the metabolic syndrome (MetS) an important target for research and intervention. In addition, there seems to be a disproportionate ...
Examining Policy, Enabler And Access Factor Effects On U.S State Medicaid Pharmaceutical Utilization And Expenditures
Title
Examining Policy, Enabler And Access Factor Effects On U.S State Medicaid Pharmaceutical Utilization And Expenditures
Author
EGHAN, EMMANUEL
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Economics, Health services administration, Industrial management
Description
Prescription drug expenditures and utilization are the fastest growing and most widely varying expenditures within Medicaid programs across US states. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 and the subsequent Medicaid state expansion...
Institutional Factors in Health Disparities
Title
Institutional Factors in Health Disparities
Author
Hampton, Cicily
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Government policy
Description
The purpose of this dissertation is to address institutional factors that may be the root cause of health disparities. Misdirected resources may help to explain why health disparities have actually increased as targeted interventions aimed at thei...
Racial and Gender Concordance: Effects on Utilization of Health Services Among Individuals Enrolled in a Primary Care Case Management Delivery System
Title
Racial and Gender Concordance: Effects on Utilization of Health Services Among Individuals Enrolled in a Primary Care Case Management Delivery System
Author
Smith, III, Galen
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Social sciences--Research
Description
Very few studies to date have directly examined the impact of race or gender patient-provider concordance on the utilization of health services. This is particularly noteworthy given the role that the linkage between concordance and health service...
Social Organization and Resource Sharing at Buen Suceso Based on the Analysis of Subadult Skeletal Remains
Title
Social Organization and Resource Sharing at Buen Suceso Based on the Analysis of Subadult Skeletal Remains
Author
Bowers, Mozelle
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Archaeology
Description
The study of children in the past provides bioarchaeologists with the opportunity to understand not only the health and wellbeing of a society, but various forms of identity and power structures. In this study, I will present findings on subadult ...
The Greatest Enemy? Smallpox, Elimination, and Politics in Mexico, 1942-1970
Title
The Greatest Enemy? Smallpox, Elimination, and Politics in Mexico, 1942-1970
Author
Nichols, Marissa
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
History, Public health
Description
In the 1940s, the Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia (SSA- Secretariat of Health and Welfare) hoped to unify Mexico to eliminate smallpox from within its borders. In 1952, Mexico had achieved that goal, but the year marked a significant shift i...