Devising, implementing, and evaluating interventions to eliminate health care disparities in minority children

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Flores, Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Children; Disparities; Hispanic Americans; Intervention studies; Minority groups; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TEAMWORK;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71949124609     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1100J     Document Type: Article

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