Advancement of health disparities research: a conceptual approach.
Although nurse researchers have contributed in significant ways to the body of literature on health disparities, a broad framework and approach to health disparities is needed if we are to understand the complex interplay of variables that contribute to health disparities. This article reports on the work of the Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research and its development of a conceptual framework and method for approaching health disparities research and on a sample of nursing research consistent with this framework.
Berkowitz
Bobbie
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University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle 98195-7263, USA. bobbieb@u.washington.edu
McCubbin
Marilyn
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D018672:Community Health Planning; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States