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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 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedPayán DD, Maggard-Gibbons M, Flórez KR
Taking Care of Yourself and Your Risk for Breast Cancer (CUIDARSE): a randomized controlled trial of a health communication intervention for Latinas.
Latinas in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer (BC) compared to non-Latinas. Literacy-appropriate and culturally sensitive cancer communication interventions can help address existing racial/ethnic BC disparities. In this study, the investigators formatively developed a new BC prevention brochure for Spanish-speaking Latinas (≥35 years) and conducted a randomized controlled trial of a health communication intervention for Latinas.
AHRQ-funded; HS019264.
Citation: Payán DD, Maggard-Gibbons M, Flórez KR .
Taking Care of Yourself and Your Risk for Breast Cancer (CUIDARSE): a randomized controlled trial of a health communication intervention for Latinas.
Health Educ Behav 2020 Aug;47(4):569-80. doi: 10.1177/1090198120920529..
Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Health Literacy, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Cultural Competence, Health Promotion, Communication, Women, Community-Based Practice
Hale KL, Wallace DD, Blanco-Duran D
Conversations between Latina mothers and their child's mental health provider: An observational study of shared decision-making regarding pediatric patient mental health needs.
The authors evaluated shared decision-making (SDM) and delineated SDM processes in audio-recorded conversations between language-congruent Spanish-/English-speaking clinicians and parents of pediatric mental health patients. They found that their present sample performed on par with other populations studied to date, and that it expanded the evaluation of observed SDM to include Latino patients and new clinician populations. The practical implications of their findings is that use of the Observer OPTION(5) instrument highlights that eliciting and integrating parent/patient preferences is a skill that requires attention when delivering culturally competent interventions.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Hale KL, Wallace DD, Blanco-Duran D .
Conversations between Latina mothers and their child's mental health provider: An observational study of shared decision-making regarding pediatric patient mental health needs.
Patient Educ Couns 2020 Jan;103(1):96-102. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.013..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Shared Decision Making, Cultural Competence, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication, Caregiving, Behavioral Health
Hines AL, Andrews RM, Moy E
AHRQ Author: Andrews RM, Moy E
Disparities in rates of inpatient mortality and adverse events: race/ethnicity and language as independent contributors.
The authors investigated inpatient mortality rates and obstetric trauma for self-reported speakers of English, Spanish, and languages of Asia and the Pacific Islands (API) and compared quality of care by language with patterns by race/ethnicity. They found that speaking a non-English principal language and having a non-White race/ethnicity did not place patients at higher risk for inpatient mortality, except for a higher stroke mortality for Japanese-speaking patients. Patients who spoke API languages or had API race/ethnicity had higher risk for obstetric trauma than English-speaking White patients, while Spanish-speaking Hispanic patients had more obstetric trauma than English-speaking Hispanic patients.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201300002C.
Citation: Hines AL, Andrews RM, Moy E .
Disparities in rates of inpatient mortality and adverse events: race/ethnicity and language as independent contributors.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2014 Dec;11(12):13017-34. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111213017.
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Keywords: Communication, Disparities, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Mortality, Racial and Ethnic Minorities