PROGRAMS FOR FELLOWS AND JUNIOR FACULTY

THE COMMONWEALTH FUND/HARVARD UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP IN MINORITY HEALTH POLICY

JOURNAL CLUB

Journal club meetings are held monthly to discuss current articles related to public policy and public health, particularly articles related to minority health issues. Although open to any students participating in the seminar series, CFHUF fellows are responsible for presenting and leading the discussion.

2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006

2007-2008 Journal Club Articles

Effects of a School-Based Early Childhood Intervention on Adult Health and Well-being – A 19-Year Follow-up of Low-Income Families. Arthur J. Reynolds, PhD; Judy A. Temple, PhD; Suh-Ruu Ou, PhD; Dylan L. Robertson, PhD; Joshua P. Mersky, PhD; James W. Topitzes, PhD; Michael D. Niles, PhD, Arch Pediatric Adolescent Med/Vol 161 (NO. 8) Aug 2007.

Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions.  Mary Catherine Beach, Tiffany L. Gary, Eboni G. Price, Karen Robinson, Aysgul Gozu, Ana Palacio, Carole Smarth, Mollie Jenckes, Carolyn Feuerstein, Eric B. Bass, Neil R. Powe, and Lisa A. Cooper, BMC Public Health, 6:104, 24, April 2006.

Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes for Patients with Low Literacy – A Systematic Review. Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Darren A. DeWalt, MD, Stacey Sheridan, MD, MPH, Nancy Berkman, PhD, Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, American Family Physician, August 1, 2005, Volume 72, Number 3.

Globalization and Social Determinants of Health:  Promoting Health Equity in Global Governance.  Ronald Labonte and Ted Schrecker,  Globalization and Health, 2007, 3:7.  http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/3/1/7.  

Genetic Influences on Health: Does Race Matter? Mike Bamshad, JAMA, 2005; 294(8) 937-946.

2006-2007 Journal Club Articles

“Is Self-Efficacy Associate with Diabetes Self-Management Across Race/Ethnicity and Health Literacy?” Sarkar, Urmimala, MD, MPH, Fisher, Lawrence, PhD., Schillinger, Dean, MD, Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research, Diabetes Care, Volume 29, Number 4, April 2006.

Access to Care, Health Status, and Health Disparities in the United States and Canada. Lasser et al., Am J Public Health. 2006; 0: AJPH.2004.059402v1

Ethnic Disparities in Diabetic Complications in an Insured Population. Karter, A.; Ferrara, A.; Liu, J., et al., JAMA, May 14, 2002 – Vol. 287, No. 19 p2519

Economic Implications of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Collaborative Quality Improvement. Rogowski, J.; Horbar, J.; Plsek, P. et al., Pediatrics - Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Vol 107, No.1, January 2001 p23.  

Cost-effectiveness of group and mixed family-based treatment for childhood obesity. Goldfield, GS; Epstein, LH; Kilanowski, CK, et al., International Journal of Obesity (2001) 25, 1843-1849.

Recommendations of the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine [Consensus Statement]. Weinstein, M.; Siegel, J.; Gold, M., et al., JAMA, Vol. 276 (15) October 1996, p.1253.

2005-2006 Journal Club Articles

Measuring Community Benefits Provided by For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals – Nonprofits appear to be falling short of providing the expected level of community benefits, according to this new model. Nicholson, Sean, Mark V. Pauly, Lawton R. Burns, Agnieshka Baumritter, and David A. Asch, Health Affairs, Volume 19, Number 6. pp 168-177.  (Good, Better, Best: Making the Most of Community Benefits – Conference Agenda)

Early Experience With Pay-for-Performance from Concept to Practice. Rosenthal, Ph.D., Meredith, Richard Frank, Ph.D., Zhonghe Li, M.A., and Arnold Epstein, M.D., M.A.. Journal of American Medical Association, October 12, 2005 – Vol. 294, No 14. pp.1788-1823.

Race/Ethnicity and Rates of Self-Reported Maltreatment Among High-Risk Youth in Public Sectors of Care. Lau, Anna S., McCabe, Kristen M., Yeh, May, Garland, Ann F., and Hough, Richard L., Landsverk, John, Child Maltreatment, Vol. 8, August 2003, No. 3, 183-194.

Genetic Influences on Health: Does Race matter? Bamshad, Mike M.D., Journal of American Medicine Association, Vol. 294, August 24/31, 2005, No. 8.

Paradigm Lost: Race, Ethnicity, and the Search for New Population Taxonomy. Oppenheimer, Gerald M. Ph.D., M.P.H. American Public Health Association, Vol. 91(7), July 2001, pp 1049-1055.

The Destructive Nature of the Term Race: Growing beyond a False Paradigm. Cameron, Susan Chavez and Wycoff, Susan, Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 76 No. 3, July 1998.

Thin Ice: “stereotype threat” and black college students. Claude M. Steele, Atlantic Monthly, August 1999, V 284 i2, p44-7, 50-4.

Improving Health Care for the Lesbian and Gay Communities. Harvey J. Makadon, New England Journal of Medicine, 354;9, March 2, 2006.

Defining and Investigating Social Disparities in Cancer: Critical Issues. Nancy Krieger, Cancer Causes and Control 16: 5-14, 2005.

Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health