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Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA
The examination of health disparities among people within Appalachian counties compared to people living in other counties is needed to find ways to strategically target improvements in community health in the United States of America (USA). Methods: A telephone survey of a random sample of adults l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20862529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-010-9315-9 |
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author | McGarvey, Elizabeth L. Leon-Verdin, MaGuadalupe Killos, Lydia F. Guterbock, Thomas Cohn, Wendy F. |
author_facet | McGarvey, Elizabeth L. Leon-Verdin, MaGuadalupe Killos, Lydia F. Guterbock, Thomas Cohn, Wendy F. |
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description | The examination of health disparities among people within Appalachian counties compared to people living in other counties is needed to find ways to strategically target improvements in community health in the United States of America (USA). Methods: A telephone survey of a random sample of adults living in households within communities of all counties of the state of Virginia (VA) in the USA was conducted. Findings: Health status was poorer among those in communities within Appalachian counties in VA and health insurance did not make a difference. Health perception was significantly worse in residents within communities in Appalachian counties compared to non-Appalachian community residents (30.5 vs. 17.4% rated their health status as poor/fair), and was worse even among those with no chronic diseases. Within communities in Appalachian counties, black residents report significantly better health perception than do white residents. Conclusion: Residents living in communities in Appalachian counties in VA are not receiving adequate health care, even among those with health insurance. More research with a larger ethnic minority sample is needed to investigate the racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported health and health care utilization within communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-30898202011-06-06 Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA McGarvey, Elizabeth L. Leon-Verdin, MaGuadalupe Killos, Lydia F. Guterbock, Thomas Cohn, Wendy F. J Community Health Original Paper The examination of health disparities among people within Appalachian counties compared to people living in other counties is needed to find ways to strategically target improvements in community health in the United States of America (USA). Methods: A telephone survey of a random sample of adults living in households within communities of all counties of the state of Virginia (VA) in the USA was conducted. Findings: Health status was poorer among those in communities within Appalachian counties in VA and health insurance did not make a difference. Health perception was significantly worse in residents within communities in Appalachian counties compared to non-Appalachian community residents (30.5 vs. 17.4% rated their health status as poor/fair), and was worse even among those with no chronic diseases. Within communities in Appalachian counties, black residents report significantly better health perception than do white residents. Conclusion: Residents living in communities in Appalachian counties in VA are not receiving adequate health care, even among those with health insurance. More research with a larger ethnic minority sample is needed to investigate the racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported health and health care utilization within communities. Springer US 2010-09-23 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3089820/ /pubmed/20862529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-010-9315-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper McGarvey, Elizabeth L. Leon-Verdin, MaGuadalupe Killos, Lydia F. Guterbock, Thomas Cohn, Wendy F. Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title | Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title_full | Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title_fullStr | Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title_full_unstemmed | Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title_short | Health Disparities Between Appalachian and Non-Appalachian Counties in Virginia USA |
title_sort | health disparities between appalachian and non-appalachian counties in virginia usa |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20862529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-010-9315-9 |
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