NHQR/NHDR-Related Articles, August 15, 2014

American Journal of Public Health
Rothschild SK, Martin MA, Swider SM, Tumialán Lynas CM, Janssen I, Avery EF, Powell LH. Mexican American trial of community health workers: a randomized controlled trial of a community health worker intervention for Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Public Health 2014 Aug; 104(8):1540-8. [Cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2010; also cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Outcomes of Community Health Worker Interventions, 2009, and associated systematic review by Viswanathan et al. (Med Care, 2010).]

Journal of Medical Screening
Smieliauskas F, MacMahon H, Salgia R, Shih YC. Geographic variation in radiologist capacity and widespread implementation of lung cancer CT screening. J Med Screen 2014 Aug 12; epub ahead of print. [Supported by grant R01 HS18535; uses USPSTF lung cancer screening eligibility criteria, citing USPSTF-sponsored article by Whitlock et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2008) and USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2014; cites AHRQ's National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) and National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR), 2010.] Select to access the abstract.