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Health Disparities and Quality Reports Underscore Need for Improvement
Two new reports from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Healthcare Disparities Report and the companion National Healthcare Quality Report, show that during 2002 – 2008,...
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Smoking and Related Illnesses Disproportionately Affect Low-Income People
In California, 18.6 percent of individuals with low socio-economic status (SES) smoke – a rate more than three times higher than among more affluent populations. A new California-focused report,...
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Bridging the Disparities Gap with Mobile Technology
MHealth provides vital tools to support the goals of health care reform to increase health care access, improve care delivery systems, engage in culturally competent outreach and education with...
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Tobacco App Now Available for iPhone
App Helps You Assess and Counsel Patients About Nicotine The new ACU smartphone app that helps clinicians talk to patients about tobacco use is now available for your iPhone. The app includes a six...
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New Resource to Help Patient Quit Tobacco
The Asian Smokers’ Quitline is a free nationwide Asian-language quit smoking service operated by the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. The Quitline offers self-help...
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While smoking has declined overall among the United States population, rates are disproportionately higher among communities of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), and low...
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