Chronic Diseases

Asthma

Facts and Data

Evidence

• McCallum, G.B., Morris, P.S., Brown, N., & Chang, A.B. (2017). Culture specific programs for children and adults from minority groups who have asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(8).

• Normansell, R., Kew, K.M., & Stovold, E. (2017). Interventions to improve adherence to inhaled steroids for asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(4).

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Cardiovascular Disease

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Evidence

• Angell, S.Y., Levings, J.L., Neiman, A., Asma, S., & Merritt, R. (2014). How policymakers can advance cardiovascular health. Scientific American, Suppl, 24-29.

• Barnason, S., White-Williams, C., Rossi, L. P., Senteno, M., Crabbe, D. L., Lee, K. S.,...Wood, K. (2017). Evidence for therapeutic patient education interventions to promote cardiovascular patient self-management: A scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 10, e000025.
• Veazi, M., Ayala, C., Schieb, L., Dai, S., Henderson, J. A., & Cho, P. (2014). Trends and disparities in heart disease mortality among American Indians/Alaskan Natives, 1990-2009.  American Journal of Public Health, 104, S359-S367.
• Yang, Q., Zhang, Z., Gregg, E. W., Flanders, W. D., Merritt, R., & Hu, F. B. (2014). Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among U. S. adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174, 516-524
  
   

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Diabetes

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Evidence

• Brunton, S. A., & Polonsky, W. H. (2017). Medication adherenance in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Real world strategies for addressing a common problem. Journal of Family Practice, 66, S46-S51.

• Cahill, S. M., Polo, K. M., Egan, B. E., & Marasti, N. (2016). Interventions to promote diabetes self-management in children and youth: A scoping review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 1-8.
• Levesque, C. (2017). Therapeutic lifestyle changes for diabetes mellitus. Nursing Clinics of North America, 52, 679-692. 
  
   

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Cancer

Facts and Data

• CDC U.S Cancer Statistics 
• National Cancer Institute 
• Cancer Facts and Figures 
• CDC Skin Cancer 
• WHO UV Radiation
• Basal and Squamous Cell Cancer 
• CDC Breast Cancer 
• American Cancer Society: Breast Cancer 
• WHO Breast Cancer 

Evidence 

• Berland, L. L., Monticciolo, D. L., Flores, E. J., Malak, S. F., Yee, J., & Dyer, D. S. (2019). Relationships Between Health Care Disparities and Coverage Policies for Breast, Colon, and Lung Cancer Screening. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 16(4), 580–585. 
• Wolf, A., Alpert, N., Tran, B. V., Liu, B., Flores, R., & Taioli, E. (2019). Persistence of racial disparities in early-stage lung cancer treatment. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 157(4), 1670–1679. 
• Mets, E. J., Chouairi, F. K., Gabrick, K. S., Avraham, T., & Alperovich, M. (2019). Persistent disparities in breast cancer surgical outcomes among hispanic and African American patients. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 
• Man, L. C., DiCarlo, M., Lambert, E., Sifri, R., Romney, M., Fleisher, L., & Myers, R. (2018). A learning community approach to identifying interventions in health systems to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities. Preventive Medicine Reports, 12.

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Osteoporosis

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