What's New | April 28, 2010

Reducing Youth Health Disparities

Youth, especially among racial and ethnic minorities, experience higher rates of diseases, injuries, and violence than Whites and fewer opportunities to achieve optimal health. Youth health risk factors include poor dietary choices, low levels of physical activity, lack of dental care, and substance abuse.

The featured Innovations describe three different programs that addressed health disparities among youth.

The featured QualityTools provide best practices, tools, and information that can help reduce health disparities among youth.

Featured Innovations:

• Bicultural, Youth Development Program for At-Risk Latino Families Enhances Overall Health, Teen Birth Control Use, and Family Communication

• Community-Based Provider Training and Education Enhances Access to Oral Health Screenings and Fluoride Treatments for Low-Income Children

Featured QualityTools:

• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
Developed by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Improving Asthma Care for Children Toolkit: Best Practices in Medicaid Managed Care
Developed by Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Developed by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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Also in This Issue:

Innovations >

• Free Oral Health Services Enhance Self-Esteem and Employability for Individuals Living With HIV/AIDS, the Homeless, and the Uninsured

• Group Music and Exercise Classes Improve Range of Motion in Select Joints in Very Young Burn Patients

• Health Center Combining Traditional and Western Medicine Enhances Access to Care, Improves Health Outcomes for Southeast Asian Immigrants

• Joint Radiologist–Pathologist Review of Diagnostic Findings Improves Care of Patients Being Screened for Breast Cancer

QualityTools >

• 4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes. For Life.
Developed by National Diabetes Education Program

• Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
Developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide
Developed by Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration; National Institutes of Health; National Library of Medicine; Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

• Patient Safety Primers
Developed by University of California, San Francisco Medical Center