HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

December 30, 2008

links for 2008-12-30

• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Identification of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Fifty-eight percent of children had a documented autism spectrum disorder. In adjusted analyses, children who were Black, Hispanic, or of other race/ethnicity were less likely than were White children to have a documented ASD. This disparity persisted for Black children, regardless of IQ, and was concentrated for children of other ethnicities when IQ was lower than 70.
• Navigators help cancer patients move through the health care system
• Ohio community health centers struggle to meet demand
  Community health centers throughout the state are seeing a dramatic increase in patients requesting service, leaving many patients to wait weeks for follow-up care.