Recently added articles from Journal of the National Medical Association:
Treating Patients with Multiple Cardiovascular Conditions: An Analysis of Outpatient Data in the United States, 2005
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: Dr. Kennedy was supported, in part, by the Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Background: Few studies have examined treatment rates in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. This study assessed outpatient visit and ...
Patient Centeredness, Cultural Competence and Healthcare Quality
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was supported by The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based private, independent foundation. Dr. Saha was supported by an Advanced Research Career Development Award from the Health Services Research and Development Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs ....
Retinal Diseases in a Tertiary Hospital: The Need for Establishment of a Vitreo-Retinal Care Unit
Nov 01, 2008; ... Aim: To evaluate the need for vitreo-retinal care for suburban and rural communities of southwestern Nigeria. Methodology: A retrospective review of patients with posterior segment diseases attending the general ophthalmology clinics of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital's ...
Factors Associated with Patient Navigators' Time Spent on Reducing Barriers to Cancer Treatment
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was funded through a 5-year grant from the Radiation Research Program in the Cancer Disparity Research Program of the National Cancer Institute (grant #1 U56 CA105486, entitled UPMC McKeesport/Radiation Oncology Community Outreach Group). Patient navigator ...
Factors Influencing Physician Referrals of Patients to Clinical Trials
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: Supported in part by grant #1 P30AG021677 from the National Institute on Aging and grants #U01NS043127 and #U01NS43128 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Purpose: Initial trials in the NIH Parkinson's disease (PD) network (NET-PD) ...
Assessing Adult Health Literacy in Urban Healthcare Settings
Nov 01, 2008; ... Objective: To determine if health literacy is lower among those using the emergency department as compared to those using community health clinics. A comparison was done of the health literacy level of patients at a level-I adult and pediatric emergency department and 3 community health clinics ....
Predicting Regular Breast Cancer Screening in African-American Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This research project was supported by a Department of Defense grant (#DAMD 17-03-1-0190) awarded to Dr. Laing by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Breast Cancer Research Program Objective: To evaluate the impact of socioeconomic, personal and ...
Making a Business Case for Small Medical Practices to Maintain Quality while Addressing Racial Healthcare Disparities
Nov 01, 2008; ... Disclaimer: The viewpoints expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the American Medical Association or the other organizations of the Commission to End Health Care Disparities. Various reports have documented variations in ...
Health Literacy among Spanish-Speaking Patients in the Emergency Department
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was supported by an Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF)/Emergency Nurses Association Foundation Team Grant from the EMF. Study Objective: Health literacy influences a patient's ability to read and understand labels on medicine containers, appointment slips, ...
The Digital Divide: A Comparison of Online Consumer Health Information for African-American and General Audiences
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This work was supported by The DCBaltimore Research Center on Child Health Disparities, grant #5P20MD00165. This work was presented, in part, at the American Public Health Association 2007 Annual Program of Health Informatics Information Technology. Objectives: ...
Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Conventional Medical Providers: Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Type of CAM
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This research was supported by grant #R21-AT02852 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Study analyses and interpretations presented here do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of NCCAM or ...
Effectiveness and Safety of Donepezil in Hispanic Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A 12-Week Open-Label Study
Nov 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was supported by Pfizer Inc. and Eisai Inc. Editorial support for the manuscript was provided by W. Watkins, MS, at PAREXEL and was funded by Pfizer Inc. and Eisai Inc. Background: Hispanics represent 10% of the U.S. population and are the fastest growing ...
Diagnosis of Macroamylasemia in a Pregnant Patient
Nov 01, 2008; ... Background: Macroamylasemia occurs with the formation of macroamylase complexes that cannot be cleared via renal excretion. In patients with persistent serum amylase elevation or hyperamylasemia with normal urine amylase and lipase levels, the diagnosis of macromylasemia is ...
INFOPOEMS
Nov 01, 2008; ... These InfoPOEMs® are selected by JNMA InfoPOEMS Editor Gregory E. Gilbert, MSPH, (Gregory.E.Gilbert@ gmail.com) and Associate InfoPOEMS Editor Amy H. Wahlquist, MS, from www.infopoems.com. InfoPOEMs® are created by experts who continuously survey medical journals worldwide. They identify and ...
CALENDAR
Nov 01, 2008; ... Submit your events and announcements no later than four months before the event to the calendar editor, Theresa G. Reed, MD, MPH, publications@nmanet.org. Include the following information: date, name of event, location; sponsoring group(s); topics to be presented; CME credit hours (if ...
Disparities in Knowledge of Heart Attack and Stroke Symptoms among Adult Men: An Analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey Data
Oct 01, 2008; ... Context: the staggering burden of myocardial infarction and stroke in men and for men of African-American descent in particular provided the impetus for this study. Morbidity and mortality from these vascular disorders can be reduced by early treatment, which requires correct prehospital ...
Secondary Stroke Prevention: From Guidelines to Clinical Practice
Oct 01, 2008; ... Financial support: bMS-Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership. Within the past year, Dr. Graham has received speaking honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis and has research contracts from boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi-Aventis and Allergan. Stroke remains a leading cause of mortality and is associated ...
A Randomized Trial Comparing Web-Based Decision Aids on Prostate Cancer Knowledge for African-American Men
Oct 01, 2008; ... Financial support: this work was supported by the Georgia cancer coalition Distinguished cancer Scholar Award (to SPW) and the National cancer Institute (NcI) through a research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-related research (to GLe, NcI U01 cA114650). Objectives: Few ...
Differences in Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Treatment and Mortality among African-American and White Elderly Men
Oct 01, 2008; ... Financial support: this study was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare research and Quality grant #r24 HS013353. Investigators were also funded, in part, by the Department of Defense congressionally Directed Medical research Programs contract #W81XWH-05- ...
According to Him: Barriers to Healthcare among African-American Men
Oct 01, 2008; ... Financial support: this project was supported by a grant from the Department of trauma at the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of cook county, chicago, IL. Presented in part at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, May 4-6, 2000, boston, ...