Health Disparities In Puerto Rico

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Medicare inequities exacerbate Puerto Ri…

(Just Now) Puerto Rico has been experiencing a public health crisis since the 1990s, driven by limited resource allocation for preventive health care for residents of Puerto Rico, austerity policies in response to a massive debt crisis, and primary care privatization. 1, 2, 3 Compared to other jurisdictions in the United States, Puerto Rico has worse health outcomes, such as higher rates of preterm births, asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/21/medicare-puerto-rico-disparities-health-reimbursement/

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Sociodemographic and health risk factors associated with health …

(7 days ago) WEBPublic health interventions, such as improved access to physical and mental healthcare and chronic disease management designed to reach vulnerable subgroups …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-17115-3

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Health Disparities Research Framework Adaptation to Reflect …

(1 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico's health disparities are rooted in historical, cultural, political and economic factors that have an impact on biology, interpersonal and environmental …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33217956/

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How Is Colonialism a Sociostructural Determinant of Health in …

(5 days ago) WEBInstead of a dignified and effective public system, health care in Puerto Rico has become a market commodity under the colonial regime of US health capitalism.

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-colonialism-sociostructural-determinant-health-puerto-rico/2022-04

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Health conditions and lifestyle risk factors of adults living in Puerto

(6 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico is experiencing an economic and healthcare crisis, yet there are scarce recent and comprehensive reports on the population’s health profile. We aimed …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5359-z

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Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors Among Adults in Puerto Rico …

(8 days ago) WEBThe State of Recovery: An Update on Community Health Centers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. George Washington University; 2018. Lowe SR, …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2787979

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NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research …

(4 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Jones Act Communal bonds Diaspora in U.S. Health Care System-Lafarga Previdi I, Vélez Vega CM. (2020) Health Disparities …

https://nimhd.nih.gov/docs/nimhdResearchFrameworkAdapt_LafargaPrevidi-Velez-Vega.pdf

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Your Money Or Your Life: Federal Policies And Health Disparities In

(Just Now) WEBPuerto Rico spent over $19 billion from 1998 to 2013, covering the local share of its spending on the medically indigent. Over the same period, the Puerto Rican …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/your-money-your-life-federal-policies-and-health-disparities-puerto-rico

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Medicare inequities exacerbate Puerto Rico’s health disparities

(Just Now) WEBMany leave Puerto Rico to work for Medicare Advantage plans on the U.S. mainland, where earnings potential is much higher. For example, physicians in Puerto …

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/21/medicare-puerto-rico-disparities-health-reimbursement/

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Disparities in Health Care in Puerto Rico vs the United States

(3 days ago) WEBIn this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Rivera-Hernandez and colleagues 1 report that Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees in the territory of Puerto Rico receive substantially …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2516763

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Building Bridges to Address Health Disparities in Puerto Rico: the

(1 days ago) WEBThis article describes the development of the community-campus partnership between the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and Piñones, a semi-rural community, and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28622406/

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In Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over …

(6 days ago) WEBIn Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over health clinics for diesel, exacerbating rural health disparities By Ambar Castillo Oct. 14, 2022 Reprints

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/14/fiona-puerto-rico-health-clinics-hospitals-diesel/

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The Challenges of Inequitable Care: A Look at Puerto Rico Versus …

(1 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) defines a disparity as “differences in health, which are not only unnecessary and avoidable but, in addition, are considered unfair and …

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.03.007

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Health Disparities Research Framework Adaptation to Reflect …

(1 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico’s health disparities are rooted in historical, cultural, political and economic factors that have an impact on biology, interpersonal and environmental …

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/22/8544

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Partnership aimed at addressing structural issues affecting health

(3 days ago) WEBPoverty is the structural barrier fueling health disparities in Puerto Rico, according to Kids Count Puerto Rico, with 57 percent of children and youth living under …

https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/2023/professor-grant-health-disparities-puerto-rico.php

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Health Disparities Study: Data Bases - Endowed Health Services …

(5 days ago) WEBHealth Disparities Study: Data Bases. Below you will find different databases. Note that these aren’t databases from the Endowed Health Services Research Center, these are …

https://md.rcm.upr.edu/ehsrc/health-disparities-study-data-bases/

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Center for Collaborative Research in Health Disparities Center for

(5 days ago) WEBRoom B621-A, 6th floor Guillermo Arbona Building Medical Sciences Campus GPO Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067 Voice (787) 763-9401 FAX (787) 758-5206

https://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu/

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Health Disparities Research Framework Adaptation to Reflect …

(Just Now) WEBPuerto Rico’s health disparities are rooted in historical, cultural, political and economic factors that have an impact on biology, interpersonal and environmental …

https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/ijerph/ijerph-17-08544/article_deploy/ijerph-17-08544.pdf?version=1605682472

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Puerto Rico Racial and Ethnic Acceleration Consortium for …

(1 days ago) WEBTitle: Puerto Rico Racial and Ethnic Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (PR-REACH) Author: FDA OMHHE Created Date: 4/12/2024 6:44:27 AM

https://www.fda.gov/media/177808/download

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Disability & Health U.S. State Profile Data: Puerto Rico CDC

(1 days ago) WEBDisability Impacts Puerto Rico. Everyone can play a role in supporting more inclusive state programs, communities, and health care to help people with, or at risk …

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/impacts/puerto-rico.html

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Cruz-Correa To Give NCI Seminar, May 16 NIH Record

(2 days ago) WEBCruz-Correa was recently elected as the first Puerto Rican female member of the honorary Association of American Physicians. She is founding president of the …

https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2024/05/10/cruz-correa-give-nci-seminar-may-16

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Register Now for Congressional Briefing to Unveil AACR Cancer

(7 days ago) WEBWHAT. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host a briefing to unveil the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 at the Rayburn …

https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/media-advisories/register-now-for-congressional-briefing-to-unveil-aacr-cancer-disparities-progress-report-2024/

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