J Natl Med Assoc
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We thank Cathy Eames (Director, Library Services, Detroit Medical Center) for valuable input and assistance with the search strategy. Funding for this research was supported by a grant from Children's Hospital of Michigan Research Foundation (Principal Investigator: Terrance L. Albrecht, Ph.D.). ⋯ AA-African American: CCT-Controlled clinical trial; ED-Emergency Department; ETS-Environmental tobacco smoke; FCC- Family Centered Care; PFCC-Patient and Family Centered Care; RCT- Randomized, controlled trial.
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The authors would like to thank Cecilia Marquez, Justine Lavoye, Elaine Shu and Hailey Tipton for their efforts with participant recruitment and data collection. ⋯ Improving HPV vaccine rates in Haitian and African-American boys may require culturally competent approaches that address ethnic-specific barriers among their parents.
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The study was funded by Pennsylvania Department of Health's Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program (SAP#4100051727). ⋯ Risk perceptions of control over diabetes complications vary among older African Americans according to cultural constructs, executive function, and education. This finding highlights the cultural diversity in this population and the potential impact of culturally-determined views and cognitive function on health behaviors. Cognitive screening of older persons with diabetes and interventions that incorporate perceptions of time and religion to increase rates of eye examinations are needed.
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A high level of evidence exists to suggest that negative attitudes held by clinicians toward persons with sickle cell disease serve as important barriers to the delivery of high quality care to this patient population. Little is known, though, about the characteristics of clinicians that may be predictive of these negative attitudes. ⋯ Our findings could facilitate the development of tailored educational resources needed to improve the quality of care delivered to persons with sickle cell disease, a national priority for sickle cell efforts.
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Misdiagnosis in a 12 Year-Old Female with Right Aberrant Subclavian Artery and Difficult Swallowing.
Steven Do, Portia Daniels, David T. Nelson, UCLA Radiology Media Center.