What's New | June 23, 2008

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Vulnerable Populations

In this issue, the featured innovations and QualityTools address health and health care disparities among vulnerable populations, which are defined by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geography, age, gender, and disability status.

The featured innovations describe initiatives to deliver health services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to Latinos and American Indians.

Featured Innovations:

• Lay Health Advisors Help Urban American Indian Women Overcome Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening

• Onsite Clinic Staffed by Bilingual, Culturally Competent, Interdisciplinary Team Brings Health Education and Primary Care to Low-Income, Uninsured Workers

• Teen Tobacco Prevention Curriculum Is Adapted for Native American and Latino Communities, Leading to Positive Feedback

Featured QualityTools:

• Multicultural Health Care: A Quality Improvement Guide
Developed by Eli Lilly and Company; National Committee for Quality Assurance

• Online Training: Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency
Developed by Health Resources and Services Administration

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Emergency Department–Based Clinical Pharmacist Improves Quality of Care

• Fall Prevention Program Emphasizes Proactive Identification and Addressing of Risk Factors, Leading to Fewer Falls and Fall-Related Injuries Among Seniors Receiving Home Care

• Formalized Communication Between Rural Home Health Agency Nurses and Physicians Leads to Increased Use of Home Health Services, Fewer Inpatient Admissions

• Home-Based Crisis Intervention Reduces Trauma Symptoms and Behavior Problems Among Children Who Witness Violence

• Integrating Behavioral Health and Nutrition Services Into Primary Care Clinics Significantly Reduces Mental Health–Related Hospitalizations for Staff-Model Health Maintenance Organization

QualityTools >

• Automated Telephone Reminders: A Tool to Help Refill Medicines on Time
Developed by The Pharmacy Intervention for Limited Literacy (PILL) Study Research Team

• Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
Developed by National Network of Libraries of Medicine

• Frequently Asked Questions—Mammograms
Developed by National Women's Health Information Center

• Health Disparities and Social Inequities: Framing a Transdisciplinary Research Agenda in Health Education for Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Developed by Society for Public Health Education

• SNAP—School Network for Absenteeism Prevention Toolkit
Developed by School Network for Absenteeism Prevention

• The Emergency Pharmacist Research Center: A Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine
Developed by University of Rochester Medical Center