Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services: Evidence Summary
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Description
Summarizes research on achieving health equity in
preventive services including screening, counseling,
medication, and management for cancer, cardiovascular
disease, and diabetes in adult patients by identifying the
effects of impediments and barriers that create
disparities, and the effectiveness of strategies and
interventions to reduce them. Study reports barriers that
resulted in or explained a disparity in preventive service,
and the effectiveness of the clinician-patient
relationship, health information technology, and health
system intervention. Studies included African American,
Hispanic, Korean and Chinese American, and rural and
low-income patients.
Date
12/2019
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Tagged as
Cancer
· Cardiovascular disease
· Chronic disease management
· Diabetes
· Health disparities
· Health screening
· Statistics and data
· Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention