Strategies for Improving the Office of Minority Health

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-377

  Hernandez, Claudia ^a,e   Herrera, Iris ^b   Lage, Onelia G ^c   Ana Natale Pereira, ^b   Rosas, Sylvia E ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e MC 624   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Health disparities; Health education; Linguistic competence; Office of minority health

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINORITY HEALTH; RACE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 55249088135     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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