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<h2>September 2005, No. 301</h2>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<p><a href="0905about.htm">About <em>Research Activities</em></a></p>
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<h3>Feature Story</h3>
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<p> <a href="0905RA1.htm">Guidance is available to help communities reopen former hospitals to care for survivors of Hurricane Katrina</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA2.htm">Disparities/Minority Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA2.htm">Greater access to care at VA clinics lessens disparities in blood pressure control among black men</a> <br />
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<a href="0905RA3.htm">Ethnically diverse patients define what cultural competence means to them</a> <br />
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<a href="0905RA4.htm">Acculturation plays a pivotal role in the health status and behaviors of Latinos in the United States</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA5.htm">Studies highlight the importance of providing interpreter and translating services for minorities</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA6.htm">Patient preference may underlie ethnic variation in knee replacement surgery</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA7.htm">Studies of two American Indian tribes reveal different rates of smoking but similarly high rates of life traumas</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA8.htm">Black and low-income workers have worse outcomes than other workers after filing compensation claims for low back injuries</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA9.htm">Child/Adolescent Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA9.htm">Events surrounding a serious injury affect the likelihood that an adolescent will suffer from long-term post traumatic stress disorder</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA10.htm">Use of nurse case managers and physician peer leaders can reduce children's asthma symptoms but at a price</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA11.htm">Studies investigate watchful waiting over immediate antibiotics for young children with nonsevere ear infections</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA12.htm">Studies reveal variations in preventive care and parental guidance among pediatric and family medicine practices</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA13.htm">Adolescents underuse and receive little preventive health counseling during primary care visits</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA14.htm">Certain sociodemographic, environmental, and clinical factors predict asthma severity in children</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA15.htm">U.S. rates of Kawasaki syndrome are highest in Japanese American children living in Hawaii</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA16.htm">Delayed sternal closure increases the risk of mid-sternum infections in children following cardiac surgery</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA17.htm">Pneumococcal carriage tends to be more prevalent in communities where more children attend child care centers</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA18.htm">Patient Safety and Quality</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA18.htm">Medical groups want to improve chronic disease care but many feel constrained by limited resources and lack of financial incentives</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA19.htm">Improving physician knowledge of psychiatric problems and relevant medications could improve quality of care</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA20.htm">Patients in intensive care units are at significant risk for adverse events and serious errors</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA21.htm">Women's Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA21.htm">Survey reveals shortage of radiologists and certified mammography technologists at U.S. community mammography facilities</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA22.htm">Certain factors predict chronic pelvic pain after pelvic inflammatory disease</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA23.htm">Elderly/Long-term Care</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA23.htm">Elderly people commonly use herbs or vitamin-mineral supplements, but use varies by ethnicity</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA24.htm">Hospitalization rates vary for nursing home residents with suspected pneumonia</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA25.htm">Increased use of ACE inhibitors for elderly people with diabetes could improve outcomes and save money</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA26.htm">Health Information Technology</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA26.htm">Computerized guidelines for psychotropic drug use can improve prescribing and reduce falls among hospitalized elderly patients</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA27.htm">Decision support systems that minimize clinicians' efforts to receive and act on system recommendations can improve care</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA28.htm">Adoption rates of electronic health records are low among physician groups</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA29.htm">Outcomes/Effectiveness Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA29.htm">Patients with sciatica and lumbar disc herniation or spinal stenosis treated surgically or medically have similar 10-year outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA30.htm">Collaboration between gastroenterologists and pharmacists improves the management of patients with chronic acid-related symptoms</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA31.htm">Training clinicians to support the autonomy of patients with diabetes may help improve outcomes</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA32.htm">Clinical Decisionmaking</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA32.htm">Distinct differences found in transient ischemic attacks with and without infarction</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA33.htm">Pharmaceutical Research</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA33.htm">Study reveals a lower prevalence of a rare vasculitis syndrome among asthma drug users than previously reported</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA34.htm">Rural Health</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA34.htm">Many rural primary care providers seek information to support patient care, but most still prefer print over online sources</a>
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<h3><a href="0905RA35.htm">Health Care Costs and Financing</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA35.htm">Out-of-pocket health care expenses pose a significant financial burden for low-income families with children</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA36.htm">At least one-fourth of older adults will be uninsured at some point during the years preceding eligibility for Medicare</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA37.htm">Ethics consultations can reduce nonbeneficial treatments and costs among dying patients</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA38.htm">Agency News and Notes</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA38.htm">Task Force issues recommendation against routing testing for genetic risk of breast or ovarian cancer in the general population</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA39.htm">New evidence report on soy finds limited evidence for health outcomes</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA40.htm">New publication helps consumers understand and get quality health care</a></p>
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<h3><a href="0905RA41.htm">Announcements</a></h3>
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<p><a href="0905RA41.htm">AHRQ expands women's health program to include gender-based research</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA42.htm">AHRQ grantee in the spotlight</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA43.htm">Grant final reports now available from NTIS</a><br />
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<a href="0905RA45.htm">Research Briefs</a></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Current as of September 2005<br />
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AHRQ Publication No. 05-0098 </em></p>
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<p class="size2"><em>Research Activities</em> Newsletter. September 2005, No. 301. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0098. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/sep05/</p>
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