News tagged with minority populations
New study explores providers' perceptions of parental concerns about HPV vaccination
A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), while white, middle-class parents ...
Cancer
May 14, 2013 |
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Advance directives manage end of life care issues and reduce end of life medical costs
A new article available online in the American Journal of Public Health by two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty makes a compelling case that end-of-life care issues need to become an integral part o ...
Health
May 08, 2013 |
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More African-Americans have kidney transplants, but few are from live donors
While the percentage of kidney transplants involving live donors has remained stable for other minority populations, African Americans have seen a decline in live donors even as more of them receive kidney transplants, according ...
Surgery
May 08, 2013 |
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