(Download) "Diabetes Self Management: Are Cuban Americans Receiving Quality Health Care?(Report)" by Journal of Health and Human Services Administration * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Diabetes Self Management: Are Cuban Americans Receiving Quality Health Care?(Report)
- Author : Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 297 KB
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BACKGROUND Minorities tend to have less access to and receive a lower quality of healthcare, even when controlling for insurance status and income. Adjusting for socioeconomic status reduces the effects of race and ethnicity, but the effects are still apparent; the lack of cultural competency and communication by health care providers can have many negative health outcomes (ACP, 2000). According to Department of Health and Human Services (2002), the prevalence of persons under the age of 65 without health insurance for all Americans was 13.3% whereas for all Hispanic Americans was 28% (Cuban, 27.0% , Puerto Rican, 14.8%, Mexican 30.2%). In addition, Hispanics are 1.5 times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites (NDSS, 2005) and for Hispanics over 20 the age-adjusted rates are Cuban, 1.24; Mexican 1.80; Puerto Rican, 1.90 (CDC, 2008a). Despite the evidence of higher diabetes and uninsured rates among Hispanics, no studies, to our knowledge, have been available to assess the quality of healthcare and its effectiveness in diabetes self-management for each Hispanic ethnic group.
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