Health/care Disparities Research Program
General field of research:
Health and health care disparities.
Affiliations other than medicine:
Section of General Internal Medicine
Contact information:
Office
801 Massachusetts Avenue, Crosstown #2090, Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617)-414 8441
Fax: (617)-638 8026
Research group information
Nancy Kressin, PhD, Director
Karen Lasser, MD, MPH, Clinician Investigator
Meredith Manze, MPH, Research Coordinator
Keywords:
Disparities; Patient navigation; Information technology; Chronic illness.
Summary of research interest:
The Health/care Disparities Research Program is dedicated to understanding and addressing disparities in health and health care. Recently, the team has become interested in the role of information technology and patient navigation in reducing disparities.
Recent publications:
Lasser KE, Zeytinoglu H, Miller E, Becker AE, Hermann RC, Bor DH. 2003. Do Women Who Screen Positive for Mental Disorders in Primary Care Have Lower Mammography Rates? General Hospital Psychiatry; 25:214-6.
Kressin, NR. 2005. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Lessons from Medicine for Dentistry. Journal of Dental Education: 69 (9) 998-1002.
Lasser KE, Mintzer IL, Lambert A, Cabral H, Bor DH. 2005. Missed Appointment Rates in Primary Care: The Importance of Site of Care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; 16:475-486.
Lasser KE, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. 2006. Access to Care, Health Status, and Health Disparities in the US and Canada: Results of a Cross-National Population-Based Survey. American Journal of Public Health; 96:1300-1307.
Kressin, NR, Glickman ME, Peterson, ED, Whittle, J, Orner, MB, Petersen, LA. 2007. Functional Status Outcomes Among White and African American Cardiac Patients in an Equal Access System. American Heart Journal; 153;418-25.
Lasser KE, Ayanian JZ, Fletcher RH, Good MD. 2008. Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers: a Qualitative Study. BMC Family Practice; 9:15.
Kressin NR, Raymond, K, Manze, M. 2008. A Review of Measures of Perceived Race/Ethnic-Based Discrimination in Health Care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved;19 (3): 697-730.
Lasser KE, Murillo J, Medlin E, Lisboa S, Valley-Shah L, Fletcher RH, Emmons KE, Ayanian JZ. In press. Patient Navigation to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening among Community Health Center Patients: Results of a Pilot Study. BMC Family Practice.
