Article: Appalachia: Where Place Matters in Health

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Appalachia: Where Place Matters in Health
Bruce Behringer, MPH, Gilbert H. Friedell, MD
Prevention of Chronic Disease. 2006. October.

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Film: Sick Around The World

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Sick Around The World.

In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies — the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland — deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures.

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Film: Unnatural Causes

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Unnatural Causes…is inequality making us sick.

UNNATURAL CAUSES is the acclaimed documentary series broadcast by PBS and now used by thousands of organizations around the country to tackle the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health.

The four-hour series crisscrosses the nation uncovering startling new findings that suggest there is much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social circumstances in which we are born, live, and work can actually get under our skin and disrupt our physiology as much as germs and viruses.

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Article: Pointed Dispute: Fresno Doctor Backs Needle Exchange Without Joining Trade.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Pointed Dispute: Fresno Doctor Backs Needle Exchange Without Joining Trade. From The Fresno Bee

“The Fresno Free Medical Clinic started about 12 years ago, and I volunteered there for a year and a half. The clinic caters mostly to an IV drug user population, but we also saw poor and homeless individuals, and prostitutes; all are either uninsured or covered by medi-cal or medicaid programs. The clinic is run out of a school bus, it’s cramped at times and supplies are limited, but we do our best. The clinic works alongside several other groups and individuals who are trying to help this population of people, including the Fresno Free Needle Exchange, volunteers from various drug treatment centers, and a social worker who helps people find housing, food, jobs, treatment centers, domestic abuse shelters, and mental health centers.”

- Rachel Goerzen

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Article: The effect of race and sex on physicians’ recommendations for cardiac catheterization.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

The effect of race and sex on physicians’ recommendations for cardiac catheterization.
KEVIN A. SCHULMAN, M.D., JESSE A. BERLIN, SC.D., WILLIAM HARLESS, PH.D., JON F. KERNER, PH.D., SHYRLSISTRUNK, M.D., BERNARD J. GERSH, M.B., CH.B., D.PHIL., ROSS DUBÉ, CHRISTOPHER K. TALEGHANI, M.D., JENNIFER E. BURKE, M.A., M.S., SANKEY WILLIAMS, M.D., JOHN M. EISENBERG, M.D., AND JOSÉ J. ESCARCE, M.D., PH.D.
New England Journal of Medicine. 1999 February 25; 340(8): 618-26.

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Article: Racial variation in the use of coronary-revascularization procedures. Are the differences real? Do they matter?

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Racial variation in the use of coronary-revascularization procedures. Are the differences real? Do they matter?.
ERIC D. PETERSON, M.D., M.P.H., LINDA K. SHAW, B.S., ELIZABETH R. DELONG, PH.D., DAVID
B. PRYOR, M.D., ROBERT M. CALIFF, M.D., AND DANIEL B. MARK, M.D., M.P.H.
New England Journal of Medicine. 1997 February 13; 336(7): 480-6.

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Article: Sexual and gender minority health: what we know and what needs to be done.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Sexual and gender minority health: what we know and what needs to be done.
Kenneth H. Mayer, MD, Judith B. Bradford, PhD, Harvey J, Makadon, MD, Ron Stall, PhD, MPH, Hilary Goldhammer, MS, and Stewart Landers. JD. MCP
American Journal of Public Health. 2008 June; 98(6): 989-95.

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Article: Disparities in the emergency department evaluation of chest pain patients.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

Disparities in the emergency department evaluation of chest pain patients.

Liliana E. Pezzin, PhD, JD, Penelope M. Keyl, PhD, Gary B. Green, MD, MPH, MBA

Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007. February; 14(2): 149-56.

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Article: 10 Things Everyone Should Know About Health

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lizhills

10 Things Everyone Should Know About Health, accompanying documentary “Unnatural Causes,” California News Reel.

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Welcome!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by lizhills

Welcome to LMU-DCOM Health Equity Club’s blog and website. This place is intended to be a forum for discussing issues that contribute to inequities in health care as well as sharing ideas about how to address them.

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