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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedNieman CL, Benke JR, Boss EF
Does race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status influence patient satisfaction in pediatric surgical care?
The researchers evaluated patient satisfaction in outpatient pediatric surgical care and assess differences in scores by race/ ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Their analysis found no disparities in the patient experience by individual- or community-level factors.
AHRQ-funded; HS022932.
Citation: Nieman CL, Benke JR, Boss EF .
Does race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status influence patient satisfaction in pediatric surgical care?
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015 Oct;153(4):620-8. doi: 10.1177/0194599815590592..
Keywords: Patient Experience, Social Determinants of Health, Surgery, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Children/Adolescents
Grundmeier RW, Song L, Ramos MJ
Imputing missing race/ethnicity in pediatric electronic health records: Reducing bias with use of U.S. census location and surname data.
The researchers assessed the utility of imputing race/ethnicity using U.S. Census race/ethnicity, residential address, and surname information compared to standard missing data methods in a pediatric cohort. In a simulation experiment, they constructed dichotomous and continuous outcomes with pre-specified associations with known race/ethnicity. They found that imputation using U.S. Census information reduced bias for both continuous and dichotomous outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS021645.
Citation: Grundmeier RW, Song L, Ramos MJ .
Imputing missing race/ethnicity in pediatric electronic health records: Reducing bias with use of U.S. census location and surname data.
Health Serv Res 2015 Aug;50(4):946-60. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12295..
Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Children/Adolescents, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Yun L, Boles RE, Haemer MA
A randomized, home-based, childhood obesity intervention delivered by patient navigators.
This paper delineates the study protocol for the Community Outreach Obesity Prevention Trial. COOPT is an ongoing, 4-year (October 2011-September 2015) randomized controlled trial that tests the effectiveness of a home-based patient navigator program delivered to preschoolers of a large urban safety-net health care system. The researchers believe that its home-based intervention venue will provide rich data characterizing barriers and facilitators to healthy behavior change within the home.
AHRQ-funded; HS021138.
Citation: Yun L, Boles RE, Haemer MA .
A randomized, home-based, childhood obesity intervention delivered by patient navigators.
BMC Public Health 2015 May;15:506. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1833-z..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Community-Based Practice, Obesity, Prevention, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Glenn BA, Tsui J, Singhal R
Factors associated with HPV awareness among mothers of low-income ethnic minority adolescent girls in Los Angeles.
The investigators studied demographic factors associated with HPV awareness among low-income, ethnic minority mothers in Los Angeles County. Using data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Office of Women's Health, they found that one in three participants had never heard of HPV or the vaccine, with mothers unaware of HPV being significantly more likely to conduct the interview in a language other than English and to lack health insurance for their daughters. HPV vaccine awareness was much lower in this caregiver sample than in a simultaneous national survey of caregivers.
AHRQ-funded; HS000046.
Citation: Glenn BA, Tsui J, Singhal R .
Factors associated with HPV awareness among mothers of low-income ethnic minority adolescent girls in Los Angeles.
Vaccine 2015 Jan 3;33(2):289-93. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.11.032.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Low-Income, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Vaccination
Foote EM, Singleton RJ, Holman RC
AHRQ Author: Steiner CA
Lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among American Indian/Alaska Native children and the general United States child population.
The authors described the change in lower respiratory tract infection-associated hospitalization rates for American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) children and for the general US child population aged less than 5 years. They found that the 2009-2011 AI/AN child average annual LRTI-associated hospitalization rate was 1.5 times higher than the US child rate. The Alaska and Southwest regions had the highest rates. The disparity was greatest for infant pneumonia-associated and 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza-associated hospitalizations.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Foote EM, Singleton RJ, Holman RC .
Lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among American Indian/Alaska Native children and the general United States child population.
Int J Circumpolar Health 2015;74:29256. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v74.29256.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Hospitalization, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Respiratory Conditions