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ARTICLES
Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Institutional Strategies for Improving Rates
Kristina Simeonsson, MD, MSPH, Chris Summers-Bean, MS, RN, and Allison Connolly, MA, MPHBR>
Racial Disparities in Health between White and African American Family Practice Patients: Clinical Implications
Remy R. Coeytaux, MD, PhD, Heather M. Gillespie, MD, MPH, Leigh F. Callahan, PhD, Jay S. Kaufman, PhD, Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, Christianna Williams, PhD, and Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH
Diabetes Awareness among African Americans in Rural North Carolina
Angela K. Antony and Walid A. Baaklini, MD, FCCP
POLICY FORUM: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Introduction
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD, and Kristie Weisner Thompson, MA
Issue Brief: The Challenges of Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Inescapable Realities? Perplexing Science? Ineffective Policy?
Anissa I. Vines, PhD, MS, and Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD
COMMENTARIES
Perceptions of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Healthcare
Damon M. Seils, MA, and Kevin A. Schulman, MD
Health Issues Facing the State's American Indian Populations
Ronny A. Bell, PhD, MS
Health Disparities among North Carolina's Latinos: Our Point of View
H. Nolo Martinez, EdD, and Andrea Bazan Manson, MSW, MPH
North Carolina's Response to the Challenge of Health Disparities
Barbara Pullen Smith
Community Health Centers and Their Role in Reducing Healthcare Disparities in North Carolina
D. Alden Smith, MBA, CEO, and E. Benjamin Money, Jr, MPH
Churches, Academic Institutions, and Public Health: Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities
Moses V. Goldmon, EdD, and James T. Roberson, Jr, PhD
Health Disparities, the Faith Agenda, and Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: The General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Model
M. Anita P. Holmes, JD, MPH
Northeastern North Carolina Partnership for Public Health and Health Disparities in Northeastern North Carolina
Curtis W. Dickson, MEd, Janet G. Alexander, MSPH, Barbara H. Earley, RN, MSN, and Erin K. Riddle, MPH
Numbers of Minority Health Professionals: Where Do We Stand?
Thomas C. Ricketts, III, MPH, PhD, and Katie Gaul, MA
Minority Participation in Clinical Research: Are there Consequences to the Lack of Research on the Health of Minority Populations?
Giselle M. Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc
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