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Topics of Interest In this Issue

Alcohol Awareness Month

STD Awareness Month

Public Health Week 2—8  
 

            

              

                                                                                                  

                                               

             

       

       

        National Allied Health Week, 7—13

 

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· National Marrow Awareness Month

· National Allied Health Week, 7—13

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL QUESTION 

A recent study to determine patients’ feelings about  healthcare providers collecting information about their race and ethnicity found which rationale most acceptable to patients?

A. Monitor and assure quality of care for the individual patient

B. Abide by government recommendations

C. Ensure appropriate hiring and training of medical personnel

D. Monitor and assure quality of care for all patients

 

Email your response to nwosu@etsu.edu by 4:30 pm on April 14.  Answers are always in a link found in the current month’s newsletter. A prize will be awarded to one winner, selected at random among those who submit the correct answer. 

 

Answer to the March Question:    What percentage of health plans do not collect information on race and ethnicity?  The answer is D. about 50% of insurance plans do not collect information on race and ethnicity.  Highlights and implications from the findings of the National Healthcare Quality Report and Disparities Report

 

Did You Know?

¨ For some immigrant groups, the diagnosis of Tuberculosis carries a severe social stigma that can affect treatment compliance.  Reasons for the stigma may be related to the closeness of their communities and the fact that in their countries of origin, historically, TB was  not a curable disease. 

 

¨ Asthma is a significant health and economic concern for some minority populations.  Among Hispanics, Puerto Ricans  have the highest age adjusted mortality for this disease.  African Americans are 3 to 4 times more likely than whites to be hospitalized for asthma and 4 to 6 times more likely to die from the disease. Asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism due to chronic illness, with asthmatic children loosing an estimated 10 million excess school days annually.  The economic impact for the working parents of asthmatic children is estimated at $1 billion annually in lost productivity.

 

 

Health Links on Diversity

Article of the Month

Burke W.  Contributions of Public Health to Genetics Education for Health Care Professionals.  Health Education and Behavior 2005; 32 (5): 668—675.

Summary:  Genetics education is becoming more important for health professionals because of rapidly increasing knowledge of the role of genetics in health.  While the health professions schools will be primarily responsible this training, public health will contribute because of its stake in having a rigorous evidence standard for the introduction of new genetic tests.  The CDC and academic public health departments already provide online resources for clinicians and educators as the GeneTests-GeneClinics Web site that provides information about the use of genetic testing in diagnosis and disease management.  State health departments could provide resources via telephone and telemedicine to assist primary care professionals in medically underserved areas.  Public health may also provide leadership in sponsoring forums on controversial issues raised by new genomic tests and technologies, for example, the role of genetics in racial and ethnic health disparities and “race based” medicine.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assessed annually for three years.  The research took an ecological approach simultaneously studying multiple individual, family, and community risk and protective factors focused on occurrence of two types of abuse: severe physical assault and assault of child self-esteem. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The listing below represents just a few of the resources available to promote knowledge, awareness and discussions on diversity in health care among ETSU students, faculty and staff.  

 

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Other Observances in April

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Tennessee Office of Minority Health

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