CDC Science Clips

Health Disparities

1. Randomized controlled trial of mammography intervention in insured very low-income women
   Ahmed NU, Haber G, Semenya KA, Hargreaves MK.
   Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Jun 29.


2. Racial disparity in U.S. diagnoses of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 2000-2009
   An Q, Prejean J, Hall HI.
   Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):461-6.


3. Association of increased dermatologist density with lower melanoma mortality
   Aneja S, Aneja S, Bordeaux JS.
   Arch Dermatol. 2012 Feb;148(2):174-8.


4. State-level differences in breast and cervical cancer screening by disability status: United States, 2008
   Armour BS, Thierry JM, Wolf LA.
   Womens Health Issues. 2009 Nov-Dec;19(6):406-14.


5. Language and immigrant status effects on disparities in Hispanic children's health status and access to health care
   Avila RM, Bramlett MD.
   Matern Child Health J. 2012 Apr 1.


6. Racial inequities in receipt of influenza vaccination among long-term care residents within and between facilities in Michigan
   Bardenheier B, Wortley P, Ahmed F, Gravenstein S, Hogue CJ.
   Med Care. 2011 Mar 1.


7. Racial inequities in receipt of influenza vaccination among nursing home residents in the United States, 2008-2009: a pattern of low overall coverage in facilities in which most residents are black
   Bardenheier B, Wortley P, Shefer A, McCauley MM, Gravenstein S.
   J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2012 Jun;13(5):470-6.


8. Residence in a distressed county in Appalachia as a risk factor for diabetes, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006-2007
   Barker L, Crespo R, Gerzoff RB, Denham S, Shrewsberry M, Cornelius-Averhart D.
   Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Sep;7(5):A104.


9. Age at diagnosis of diabetes in Appalachia
   Barker L, Gerzoff R, Crespo R, Shrewsberry M.
   Popul Health Metr. 2011 Sep 30;9(1):54.


10. Promoting integrated approaches to reducing health inequities among low-income workers: applying a social ecological framework
    Baron SL, Beard S, Davis LK, Delp L, Forst L, Kidd-Taylor A, Liebman AK, Linnan L, Punnett L, Welch LS.
    Am J Ind Med. 2013 Mar 26.


11. Medical home access among American Indian and Alaska Native children in 7 states: National Survey of Children's Health
    Barradas DT, Kroelinger CD, Kogan MD.
    Matern Child Health J. 2012 Mar 31.


12. State-level variations in racial disparities in life expectancy
    Bharmal N, Tseng CH, Kaplan R, Wong MD.
    Health Serv Res. 2012 Feb;47(1 Pt 2):544-55.


13. Data and measurement issues in the analysis of health disparities
    Bilheimer LT, Klein RJ.
    Health Serv Res. 2010 Jul 28.


14. Hispanic children with special health care needs from Spanish-language households
    Blumberg SJ, Read D, Avila RM, Bethell CD.
    Pediatrics. 2010 Dec;126 Suppl 3:S120-8.


15. Chronic diseases and related risk factors among low-income mothers
    Bombard JM, Dietz PM, Galavotti C, England LJ, Tong VT, Hayes DK, Morrow B.
    Matern Child Health J. 2010 Dec 14.


16. Health status and healthcare use in a national sample of children with sickle cell disease
    Boulet SL, Yanni EA, Creary MS, Olney RS.
    Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4 Suppl):S528-35.


17. Introduction. A consistent and powerful association between social factors and health outcomes
    Buckner-Brown J.
    Fam Community Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;34 Suppl 1:S7-8.


18. Racial and ethnic approaches to community health: reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health
    Buckner-Brown J, Tucker P, Rivera M, Cosgrove S, Coleman JL, Penson A, Bang D.
    Fam Community Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;34 Suppl 1:S12-22.


19. Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy
    Burneo JG, Jette N, Theodore W, Begley C, Parko K, Thurman DJ, Wiebe S, Task Force on Disparities in Epilepsy Care, North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy.
    Epilepsia. 2009 Oct;50(10):2285-95.


20. Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic pneumonia among US adults
    Burton DC, Flannery B, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Gershman K, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Petit S, Reingold AL, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Plikaytis BD, Rose CE, Whitney CG, Schuchat A.
    Am J Public Health. 2010 Aug 19.


21. Racial/Ethnic differences in perceived access, environmental barriers to use, and use of community parks
    Carlson SA, Brooks JD, Brown DR, Buchner DM.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 May;7(3):A49.


22. Geographic disparities in heart failure hospitalization rates among Medicare beneficiaries
    Casper M, Nwaise I, Croft JB, Hong Y, Fang J, Greer S.
    J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jan 26;55(4):294-299.


23. Maternal perspectives: qualitative responses about perceived barriers to care among children with orofacial clefts in North Carolina
    Cassell CH, Mendez DD, Strauss RP.
    Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2011 Jul 8.


24. Disparities in outpatient and home health service utilization following stroke: results of a 9-year cohort study in Northern California
    Chan L, Wang H, Terdiman J, Hoffman J, Ciol MA, Lattimore BF, Sidney S, Quesenberry C, Lu Q, Sandel ME.
    PM R. 2009 Nov;1(11):997-1003.


25. Maternal warmth buffers the effects of low early-life socioeconomic status on pro-inflammatory signaling in adulthood
    Chen E, Miller GE, Kobor MS, Cole SW.
    Mol Psychiatry. 2010 May 18.


26. Information, prices, and healthy lifestyle choices of adults: discussion
    Chen Z.
    Am J Agr Econ. 2011 ;93(2):387-388.


27. The role of geographic scale in testing the income inequality hypothesis as an explanation of health disparities
    Chen Z, Gotway Crawford CA.
    Soc Sci Med. 2012 May 24.


28. Disparities in sexually transmitted disease rates across the "eight Americas"
    Chesson HW, Kent CK, Owusu-Edusei K, Leichliter JS, Aral SO.
    Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jun;39(6):458-64.


29. Disparities in eye care utilization among the United States adults with visual impairment: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2006-2009
    Chou CF, Barker LE, Crews JE, Primo SA, Zhang X, Elliott AF, Bullard KM, Geiss LS, Saaddine JB.
    Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Dec;154(6 Suppl):S45-S52 e1.


30. Health care coverage and the health care industry
    Chou CF, Johnson PJ, Ward A, Blewett LA.
    Am J Public Health. 2009 Dec;99(12):2282-8.


31. Access to and utilization of medical care for young adults ages 20-29 years: United States, 2008
    Cohen RA, Bloom B.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Feb(29):1-8.


32. Reflections from the CDC 2010 Health Equity Symposium
    Colbert SJ, Harrison KM.
    Public Health Rep. 2011 ;126 Suppl 3:38-40.


33. A qualitative study of perceived barriers to management of diabetes among women with a history of diabetes during pregnancy
    Collier SA, Mulholland C, Williams J, Mersereau P, Turay K, Prue C.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul 8.


34. Sex disparities in cancer mortality and survival
    Cook MB, McGlynn KA, Devesa SS, Freedman ND, Anderson WF.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jul 12.


35. Factors associated with self-reported mammography use for women with and women without a disability
    Courtney-Long E, Armour B, Frammartino B, Miller J.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul 6.


36. Disparities in reproductive health-related visits to the emergency department in Maryland age and race, 1999-2005
    Cox S, Dean T, Posner SF, Jamieson DJ, Curtis KM, Johnson CH, Meikle S.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 01 Dec;20(12):1833-1838.


37. Racial and ethnic disparities in asthma medication usage and health-care utilization: data from the national asthma survey
    Crocker D, Brown C, Moolenaar R, Moorman J, Bailey C, Mannino D, Holguin F.
    Chest. 2009 Oct;136(4):1063-71.


38. Is there an association between quality of in-hospital cardiac care and proportion of low-income patients?
    Culler SD, Schieb L, Casper M, Nwaise I, Yoon PW.
    Med Care. 2010 Mar;48(3):273-8.


39. Racial and ethnic disparities in hospitalizations and deaths associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in the United States
    Dee DL, Bensyl DM, Gindler J, Truman BI, Allen BG, D'Mello T, Perez A, Kamimoto L, Biggerstaff M, Blanton L, Fowlkes A, Glover MJ, Swerdlow DL, Finelli L.
    Ann Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;21(8):623-30.


40. Recruitment of low income, predominantly minority cancer survivors to a randomized trial of the I Can Cope cancer education program
    Dignan M, Evans M, Kratt P, Pollack LA, Pisu M, Smith JL, Prayor-Patterson H, Houston P, Watson C, Hullett S, Martin MY.
    J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011 ;22(3):912-24.


41. Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: evidence from a U.S. cross-sectional study
    Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Meaney FJ, Levy SE, DiGuiseppi C, Nicholas JS, Kirby RS, Pinto-Martin JA, Schieve LA.
    PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(7):e11551.


42. Trends in paediatric dental caries by poverty status in the United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004
    Dye BA, Arevalo O, Vargas CM.
    Int J Paediatr Dent. 2010 Mar;20(2):132-43.


43. Trends in oral health by poverty status as measured by Healthy People 2010 objectives
    Dye BA, Thornton-Evans G.
    Public Health Rep. 2010 Nov-Dec;125(6):817-30.


44. Children who come and go: the state of sickle cell disease in resource-poor countries
    Ebrahim SH, Khoja TA, Elachola H, Atrash HK, Memish Z, Johnson A.
    Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4 Suppl):S568-70.


45. Dental visits among adult Hispanics - BRFSS 1999 and 2006
    Eke PI, Jaramillo F, Thornton-Evans GO, Borgnakke WS.
    J Public Health Dent. 2011 Sum;71(3):252-256.


46. Comparing population health in the United States and Canada
    Feeny DH, Kaplan MS, Huguet N, McFarland BH.
    Popul Health Metr. 2010 April 29;8(8).


47. Neighborhood effects on health: concentrated advantage and disadvantage
    Finch BK, Phuong Do D, Heron M, Bird C, Seeman T, Lurie N.
    Health Place. 2010 Sep;16(5):1058-60.


48. Neighborhood characteristics favorable to outdoor physical activity: disparities by socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition
    Franzini L, Taylor W, Elliott MN, Cuccaro P, Tortolero SR, Gilliland MJ, Grunbaum J, Schuster MA.
    Health Place. 2010 Mar;16(2):267-74.


49. Hypertension, high serum total cholesterol, and diabetes: racial and ethnic prevalence differences in U.S. adults, 1999-2006
    Fryar CD, Hirsch R, Eberhardt MS, Yoon SS, Wright JD.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Apr(36):1-8.


50. Spatial accessibility to providers and vaccination compliance among children with medicaid
    Fu LY, Cowan N, McLaren R, Engstrom R, Teach SJ.
    Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1579-86.


51. The US perspective: lessons learned from the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program
    Giles WH.
    J R Soc Med. 2010 Jun 3.


52. Survey language preference as a predictor of meeting fruit and vegetable objectives among Hispanic adults in the United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
    Grimm KA, Blanck HM.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Nov;8(6):A133.


53. Household income disparities in fruit and vegetable consumption by state and territory: results of the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
    Grimm KA, Foltz JL, Blanck HM, Scanlon KS.
    J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Dec;112(12):2014-21.


54. Disparities among states in HIV-related mortality in persons with HIV infection, 37 U.S. states, 2001-2007
    Hanna DB, Selik RM, Tang T, Gange SJ.
    AIDS. 2011 Oct 15.


55. Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap, 2003-2008
    Harper S, Rushani D, Kaufman J.
    JAMA. 2012 Jun 6;307(21):2257-59.


56. Racial/Ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health-related quality of life among people with coronary heart disease, 2007
    Hayes DK, Greenlund KJ, Denny CH, Neyer JR, Croft JB, Keenan NL.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Jul;8(4):A78.


57. Assessing health status, behavioral risks, and health disparities in American Indians living on the northern plains of the U.S.
    Holm J, Vogeltanz-Holm N, Poltavski D, McDonald L.
    Public Health Rep. 2010 Jan-Feb;125:68-78.


58. Disparities in infectious disease hospitalizations for American Indian/ Alaska Native people
    Holman RC, Folkema AM, Singleton RJ, Redd JT, Christensen KY, Steiner CA, Schonberger LB, Hennessy TW, Cheek JE.
    Public Health Rep. 2011 Jul-Aug;126(4):508-21.


59. Geographic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States
    Holt JB, Zhang X, Presley-Cantrell L, Croft JB.
    Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2011 ;6:321-8.


60. Disparities in the diagnostic process of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
    Holtzer C, Meaney FJ, Andrews J, Ciafaloni E, Fox DJ, James KA, Lu Z, Miller L, Pandya S, Ouyang L, Cunniff C.
    Genet Med. 2011 Aug 10.


61. Disparity in melanoma: a trend analysis of melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis among whites, Hispanics, and blacks in Florida
    Hu S, Parmet Y, Allen G, Parker DF, Ma F, Rouhani P, Kirsner RS.
    Arch Dermatol. 2009 Dec;145(12):1369-74.


62. Are benefits conferred with greater socioeconomic position undermined by racial discrimination among African American men?
    Hudson DL, Bullard KM, Neighbors HW, Geronimus AT, Yang J, Jackson JS.
    J Mens Health. 2012 June;9(2):127-136.


63. Racial/ethnic disparities in maternal oral health experiences in 10 states, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2004-2006
    Hwang SS, Smith VC, McCormick MC, Barfield WD.
    Matern Child Health J. 2011 Aug;15(6):722-9.


64. Disparities between black and white children in hospitalizations associated with acute respiratory illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in 3 US counties--2002-2009
    Iwane MK, Chaves SS, Szilagyi PG, Edwards KM, Hall CB, Staat MA, Brown CJ, Griffin MR, Weinberg GA, Poehling KA, Prill MM, Williams JV, Bridges CB.
    Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 1;177(7):656-65.


65. Migration status in relation to clinical characteristics and barriers to care among youth with diabetes in the US
    Jaacks LM, Oza-Frank R, D'Agostino R, Dolan LM, Dabelea D, Lawrence JM, Pihoker C, O'Connor MR, Linder B, Imperatore G, Seid M, Narayan KM, Mayer-Davis EJ.
    J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Dec;14(6):949-58.


66. Racial disparities in community identification of autism spectrum disorders over time; metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2006
    Jarquin VG, Wiggins LD, Schieve LA, Van Naarden-Braun K.
    J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011 Feb 2.


67. The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care
    Johnson PJ, Call KT, Blewett LA.
    Am J Public Health. 2010 Jan;100(1):122-8.


68. Racial differences in functioning among elderly nursing home residents, 2004
    Jones AL, Sonnenfeld NL, Harris-Kojetin LD.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2009 Dec(25):1-8.


69. Is there progress toward eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in the leading causes of death?
    Keppel KG, Pearcy JN, Heron MP.
    Public Health Rep. 2010 Sep-Oct;125(5):689-97.


70. Understanding ethnic and nativity-related differences in low cardiovascular risk status among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic Whites
    Kershaw KN, Greenlund KJ, Stamler J, Shay CM, Daviglus ML.
    Prev Med. 2012 Dec;55(6):597-602.


71. Geographic and sociodemographic disparities in drive times to Joint Commission-certified primary stroke centers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
    Khan JA, Casper M, Asimos AW, Clarkson L, Enright D, Fehrs LJ, George M, Heidari K, Huston SL, Mettam LH, Williams GI, Schieb L, Greer S.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Jul;8(4):A79.


72. Access to and use of eye care services in rural Arkansas
    Kilmer G, Bynum L, Balamurugan A.
    J Rural Health. 2010 Winter;26(1):30-5.


73. Socioeconomic status and the increased prevalence of autism in California
    King MD, Bearman PS.
    Am Sociol Rev. 2011 April;76(2):320-346.


74. Race and ethnicity and breast cancer outcomes in an underinsured population
    Komenaka IK, Martinez ME, Pennington RE, Hsu CH, Clare SE, Thompson PA, Murphy C, Zork NM, Goulet RJ.
    J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jun 23.


75. WHO World Report on Disability: a review
    Krahn GL.
    Disabil Health J. 2011 Jul;4(3):141-2.


76. The health of male veterans and nonveterans aged 25-64: United States, 2007-2010
    Kramarow E, Pastor P.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2012 August(101):1-8.


77. The health of male veterans and nonveterans aged 25-64: United States, 2007-2010
    Kramarow E, Pastor P.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2012 August(101):1-8.


78. Contribution of screening and survival differences to racial disparities in colorectal cancer rates
    Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Kuntz KM, Knudsen AB, van Ballegooijen M, Zauber AG, Jemal A.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 May;21(5):728-36.


79. Place, not race: disparities dissipate in Southwest Baltimore when blacks and whites live under similiar conditions
    LaVeist T, Pollack K, Thorpe R, Fesahazion R, Gaskin D.
    Health Aff. 2011 Oct;30(10):1880-1887.


80. The role of income in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in emergency room and urgent care center visits for asthma-United States, 2001-2009
    Law HZ, Oraka E, Mannino DM.
    J Asthma. 2011 May;48(4):405-13.


81. The combined association of psychological distress and socioeconomic status with all-cause mortality: a national cohort study
    Lazzarino AI, Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Steptoe A.
    Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 3:1-6.


82. Surveillance of disparities in vision and eye health in the United States: an expert panel's opinions
    Lee PP, West SK, Block SS, Clayton J, Cotch MF, Flynn C, Geiss LS, Klein R, Olsen TW, Owsley C, Primo SA, Rubin GS, Ryskulova A, Sharma S, Friedman DS, Zhang X, Crews JE, Saaddine JB.
    Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Dec;154(6 Suppl):S3-7.


83. Racial variation in medical outcomes among living kidney donors
    Lentine KL, Schnitzler MA, Xiao H, Saab G, Salvalaggio PR, Axelrod D, Davis CL, Abbott KC, Brennan DC.
    NEJM. 2010 August 19;363(8):724-732.


84. Child- and state-level characteristics associated with preventive dental care access among U.S. children 5-17 years of age
    Lin M, Sappenfield W, Hernandez L, Clark C, Liu J, Collins J, Carle AC.
    Matern Child Health J. 2012 Aug 31.


85. Racial/ethnic disparities in HIV diagnoses among persons aged 50 years and older in 37 US states, 2005-2008
    Linley L, Prejean J, An Q, Chen M, Hall HI.
    Am J Public Health. 2012 Jun 14.


86. Persistent racial disparities in survival after heart transplantation
    Liu V, Bhattacharya J, Weill D, Hlatky MA.
    Circulation. 2011 Apr 19;123(15):1642-9.


87. Factors that mediate racial/ethnic disparities in US fetal death rates
    Lorch SA, Kroelinger CD, Ahlberg C, Barfield WD.
    Am J Public Health. 2012 Aug 16.


88. Health-related quality of life among US veterans and civilians by race and ethnicity
    Luncheon C, Zack M.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 May;9:E108.


89. Widening educational disparities in premature death rates in twenty six states in the United States, 1993-2007
    Ma J, Xu J, Anderson RN, Jemal A.
    PLoS One. 2012 ;7(7):e41560.


90. State disparities in teenage birth rates in the United States
    Mathews TJ, Sutton PD, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(46):1-8.


91. Racial/ethnic disparities in access to care and survival for patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma
    Mathur AK, Osborne NH, Lynch RJ, Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB, Sonnenday CJ.
    Arch Surg. 2010 Dec;145(12):1158-63.


92. Infection rate and acute organ dysfunction risk as explanations for racial differences in severe sepsis
    Mayr FB, Yende S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Peck-Palmer OM, Barnato AE, Weissfeld LA, Angus DC.
    JAMA. 2010 Jun 23;303(24):2495-503.


93. Geographic concentration of poverty and arteriovenous fistula use among ESRD patients
    McClellan WM, Wasse H, McClellan AC, Holt J, Krisher J, Waller LA.
    J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Oct;21(10):1776-82.


94. Comparisons of disparities and risks of HIV infection in black and other men who have sex with men in Canada, UK, and USA: a meta-analysis
    Millett GA, Peterson JL, Flores SA, Hart TA, Jeffries WL, Wilson PA, Rourke SB, Heilig CM, Elford J, Fenton KA, Remis RS.
    Lancet. 2012 Jul 19.


95. Linear and non-linear associations of gonorrhea diagnosis rates with social determinants of health
    Moonesinghe R, Fleming E, Truman BI, Dean HD.
    Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 September;9(9):3149-3165.


96. Misclassification of survey responses and black-white disparity in mammography use, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995-2006
    Njai R, Siegel PZ, Miller JW, Liao Y.
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 May;8(3):A59.


97. Wealth and its associations with enteric parasitic infections in a low-income community in Peru: use of principal component analysis
    Nundy S, Gilman RH, Xiao L, Cabrera L, Cama R, Ortega YR, Kahn G, Cama VA.
    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jan;84(1):38-42.


98. Racial disparities in primary and reactivation tuberculosis in a rural community in the southeastern United States
    O'Donnell MR, Chamblee S, von Reyn CF, Ellerbrock TV, Johnson J, Marsh BJ, Moreland JD, Narita M, Pedrosa M, Johnson LS, Horsburgh Jr. CR.
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Jun;14(6):733-40.


99. Timely access to quality health care among Georgia children ages 4 to 17 years
    Ogbuanu C, Goodman DA, Kahn K, Long C, Noggle B, Bagchi S, Barradas D, Castrucci B.
    Matern Child Health J. 2012 Dec;16(Suppl 2):S307-S319.


100. Health system barriers affecting the implementation of collaborative TB-HIV services in Uganda
     Okot-Chono R, Mugisha F, Adatu F, Madraa E, Dlodlo R, Fujiwara P.
     Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Aug;13(8):955-61.


101. Differences in life expectancy due to race and educational differences are widening, and many may not catch up
     Olshansky SJ, Antonucci T, Berkman L, Binstock RH, Boersch-Supan A, Cacioppo JT, Carnes BA, Carstensen LL, Fried LP, Goldman DP, Jackson J, Kohli M, Rother J, Zheng Y, Rowe J.
     Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Aug;31(8):1803-13.


102. Racial and ethnic disparities in current asthma and emergency department visits: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2001-2010
     Oraka E, Iqbal S, Flanders WD, Brinker K, Garbe P.
     J Asthma. 2013 Apr 2.


103. Foreword
     Parker VG, Coles CJ, Black VW.
     Fam Community Health. 2012 Jan;35(1):2-4.


104. An analysis of language as a barrier to receiving influenza vaccinations among an elderly Hispanic population in the United States
     Pearson WS, Zhao G, Ford ES.
     Adv Prev Med. 2011 ;2011:298787.


105. The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey
     Peipins LA, Soman A, Berkowitz Z, White MC.
     BMC Public Health. 2012 ;12:520.


106. Socioeconomic disadvantage as a social determinant of teen childbearing in the U.S.
     Penman-Aguilar A, Carter M, Snead MC, Kourtis AP.
     Public Health Rep. 2013 Mar;128 Suppl 1:5-22.


107. Treatment for older prostate cancer patients: disparities in a Southern state
     Pisu M, Oliver JS, Kim YI, Elder K, Martin M, Richardson LC.
     Med Care. 2010 Aug 20.


108. Discontinuation of radiation treatment among medicaid-enrolled women with local and regional stage breast cancer
     Ramsey SD, Zeliadt SB, Richardson LC, Pollack LA, Linden H, Blough DK, Cheteri MK, Tock L, Nagy K, Anderson N.
     Breast J. 2010 January-February;16(1):20-27.


109. Eliminating health disparities through transdisciplinary research, cross-agency collaboration, and public participation
     Rashid JR, Spengler RF, Wagner RM, Melanson C, Skillen EL, Mays RA, Heurtin-Roberts S, Long JA.
     Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):1955-61.


110. Health disparities between Muslim and non-Muslim countries
     Razzak JA, Khan UR, Azam I, Nasrullah M, Pasha O, Malik M, Ghaffar A.
     East Mediterr Health J. 2011 September;17 (9):654-664.


111. Social, economic, and political processes that create built environment inequities: perspectives from urban African Americans in Atlanta
     Redwood Y, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Yoshihama M, Wang CC, Kreuter M.
     Fam Community Health. 2010 Jan-Mar;33(1):53-67.


112. Socioeconomic status and incidence of sudden cardiac arrest
     Reinier K, Thomas E, Andrusiek DL, Aufderheide TP, Brooks SC, Callaway CW, Pepe PE, Rea TD, Schmicker RH, Vaillancourt C, Chugh SS.
     CMAJ. 2011 Sep 12.


113. Persistent disparities in liver transplantation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States, 1998 through 2007
     Robbins AS, Cox DD, Johnson LB, Ward EM.
     Cancer. 2011 Mar 29.


114. Making the connection between zoning and health disparities
     Rossen LM, Pollack KM.
     Environ Justice. 2012 ;5(3):119-127.


115. Measuring health disparities: trends in racial-ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity among 2- to 18-year old youth in the United States, 2001-2010
     Rossen LM, Schoendorf KC.
     Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Aug 9.


116. Regional and racial disparities in asthma hospitalizations in Mississippi
     Roy SR, McGinty EE, Hayes SC, Zhang L.
     J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Mar;125(3):636-42.


117. Health insurance and other factors associated with mammography surveillance among breast cancer survivors: results from a national survey
     Sabatino SA, Thompson TD, Richardson LC, Miller J.
     Med Care. 2012 Mar;50(3):270-6.


118. Mental health disparities
     Safran MA, Mays RA, Huang LN, McCuan R, Pham PK, Fisher SK, McDuffie KY, Trachtenberg A.
     Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):1962-6.


119. Socioeconomic status and risk of diabetes-related mortality in the U.S
     Saydah S, Lochner K.
     Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):377-88.


120. Decline in the United States black preterm/low birth weight rate in the 1990s: can the economic boom explain it?
     Schempf AH, Decker SL.
     Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;20(11):862-7.


121. Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three cities
     Schuster MA, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Wallander JL, Tortolero SR, Ratner JA, Klein DJ, Cuccaro PM, Davies SL, Banspach SW.
     N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 23;367(8):735-45.


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