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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

Reducing health disparities: what is being done, what works.



William Baldyga, , Karen Petersmarck

Prev Chronic Diseases [serial online] Volume 2: No. 2, April 2005

SPECIAL TOPICS

EDITORIAL: FEATURED ABSTRACTS FROM THE 19th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHRONIC
DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL



            Introduction:

Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/apr/05 0002.htm .



“….If necessity is the mother of invention, creativity in public health has
never been more important. Fortunately, the ability of the public health
thinkforce (as compared to workforce) to respond to the challenges inherent
in assuring the public’s health is remarkable. The willingness of the
thinkers to share information has always been a strength of the field, and
now new technologies have enhanced our abilities to communicate what works,
for whom, and under what conditions.



Challenges to population health continue to mount. Risk factor increases
(e.g., obesity) and poorer access to services (e.g., percentage of
population without insurance) conspire with multiple other health
determinants to create monumental challenges for public health,
particularly in the area of health disparities. Understanding disparities —
their roots and their implications — is a difficult challenge; our future
success will be largely determined by our response to this challenge.
Correcting disparities will require, in part, the best application of
chronic disease program knowledge to the populations at greatest risk….”



The planners of the 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention
and Control invited state and federal public health leadership, academic
researchers, and others to think about solutions for the disparities that
exist and continue despite our efforts.



This issue of Preventing Chronic Disease brings the information to your
desktop. The abstracts can inform you, challenge you, and connect you to
colleagues who share your interests. You are invited to take advantage of
this opportunity and to react with your own ideas — those that best meet
the needs of your communities.



Featured Abstracts: PEER REVIEWED:
Read the top 30 peer-reviewed abstracts from the 19th National Conference
on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in Atlanta, Ga,
March 1–3, 2005.
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/apr/04 0142.htm



A Program to Address Disparities in Youth Physical Activity Opportunities

Maurice Martin, Sarah Martin, Elmer Ray Martin



Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in American Indians

Carrie Oser, Lynda Blades, Carol Strasheim, Steven Helgerson, Dorothy
Gohdes, Todd Harwell



Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Isolation as Determinants of Participation
in Public Health Surveillance Surveys

Michael Link, Ali Mokdad, Herbert Stackhouse, Nicole Flowers



Measuring Population Health Disparities: The Wisconsin County Health
Rankings

Angela M. Kempf, Patrick L. Remington, Paul E. Peppard, Elizabeth A.
Dranger, David A. Kindig



Colorectal Cancer Screening in Washington State: Predictors of Current
Screening and Explanations for No Screening

Peggy Hannon, Jeffrey Harris, Diane Martin, Juliet VanEenwyk, Deborah Bowen



Educating California School Board Members: Aligning Policies for Student
Health and Achievement

Peggy Agron, Victoria Berends



Adherence to Guidelines for Following Up Low-Grade Pap Test Results by Age
and Race or Ethnicity

Vicki Benard, Herschel Lawson, Christie Eheman, Christa Anderson, William
Helsel



VERB™ Campaign: Extending the Reach of a National Campaign to Ethnically
Diverse Audiences

Rosemary Bretthauer-Mueller, Heidi Melancon



Racial Differences in Factors That Influence Survival With Oral Cancer in
Georgia: 1978–2001

Ranjitha Krishna, Jonathan Liff, Amy Chen, Paul Eke, Valerie Robison



Eliminating Disparities in Communities of Color Through the Lifetime
Fitness Program

Susan Snyder, Basia Belza



Developing a Rural Health Promotion Specialist Program to Provide
Preventive Health Care to the Medically Indigent

Joy N. Maltese, Cary Brewton



Regional/Racial Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome: The MSM Regional
Assessment Health Surveillance Study, 2003–2004

Cassandra Arroyo, Dennis Jones, Yong Liu, Rebecca Din-Dzietham, Sharon
Davis



A Community-based Partnership to Address Barriers to Physical Activity in
an African American Community

Marcus Plescia, Martha Groblewski



Getting the Most Out of Vital Statistics Data: Diabetes-related Heart
Disease Mortality in New Mexico

Heidi Krapfl, Dorothy Gohdes, Janet Croft



Overcoming Barriers in Access to Specialized Health Care Services

Donna Russell Doran, Jeffrey Gold, Francis Serbaroli, Edward L. Hannan,
Paul F. Macielak, William F. Streck



Reducing Dental Sealant Disparities in School-aged Children Through Better
Targeting of Informational Campaigns

Kari Jones, Susan Griffin, Ramal Moonesinghe, Freder Jaramillo, Claudia
Vousden



Engaging Older Adults to Be More Active Where They Live: Audit Tool
Development

Melissa Kealey, Judy Kruger, Rebecca Hunter, Susan Ivey, William Satariano,
Constance Bayles, Laura Brennan Ramirez, Lucinda Bryant, Courtney Johnson,
Chanam Lee, David Levinger, Kathleen McTigue, Gwen Moni, Anne Vernez
Moudon, Delores Pluto, Thomas Prohaska, Christen Sible, Sabrina Tindal,
Sara Wilcox, Kendra Winters, Kathy Williams



Conducting a Successful “Through With Chew” Week

Sylvia Bagdonas, Niki Mueller, Amy Russian



Retooling an Osteoporosis Prevention Program to Serve Low-Income
Populations: A Practical Guide to Bone Health

Denise Cyzman, Norma Bour, Rachel McLaury, Judith Lyles



Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report
Card 2004

Michelle Berlin, Judith Waxman



Response Shift: The Measurable and Desired Outcome of Chronic Disease
Self-management Programs That Violates Pre–Post Assessment

Melanie Hawkins, Richard Osborne



Moving People to Move: Midpoint Results of the Walk the Ozarks to Wellness
Project

Nikki M. Caito, Michael Elliott, Sarah Lovegreen, Paula Klump, Matthew W.
Kreuter, Ross Brownson



Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Latinos From U.S. Cities Along the
Texas–Mexico Border: A Qualitative Study

Maria E. Fernandez, Isabel Torres, Sally Vernon, Theresa Byrd, Marilyn
Hinjosa-Lindsey, Rosario Wippold, Yadvindera Bains



Challenges to Measuring Health Care Disparities in the National Healthcare
Disparities Report: Disparities in Data

Ernest Moy, Irma Arispe, Julia Holmes



An Alternative to Identifying and Engaging the Underserved, Out-of-Care,
HIV High-Risk Population

Erum Khan Hadi, Sabrina Jaar-Marzouka, Trina Hiemke, Lisa Cardinale



Is Food Insecurity a Price of Smoking Among the Poor?

Brian Armour, M. Melinda Pitts, Chung-won Lee, Trevor Woollery, Ralph
Caraballo



The Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease in Georgia, 1999–2002

Karon Abe, Kristen Mertz, Kenneth Powell, Manxia Wu, Pyone Cho



Developing, Implementing, and Disseminating Evidence-based Healthy Aging
Programs in Community-based Organizations

Nancy Whitelaw, Nancy Erckenbrack, Robert Schreiber, June Simmons, Nancy
Wilson



Diabetes Awareness, Training, and Action Program: North Carolina’s Response
to the Care of School Children With Diabetes Law

Paula Hudson Collins



Trying to Quit: Low-Income Smokers’ Access to Cessation Care in a Managed
Care Environment

Millicent Fleming-Moran, Kaigang Li, Joseph Gibson, Miriam Garland





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