MRISP Research Highlights

Low-income Hispanics and blacks use alternative health care as a substitute for conventional care http://www.ahrq.gov/research/feb06/0206RA19.htm

Minority children living in public housing are more likely to suffer from chronic health problems http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mar06/0306RA7.htm

Ectopic pregnancy rates in California are declining, but the decline is slower among black women http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mar06/0306RA17.htm

Twice as many minority children than white children with special health care needs do not receive needed vision care http://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug06/0806RA12.htm

Location of shelters and other assistance programs impacts the incidence of violence against homeless women
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug07/0807RA7.htm

Certain medical education programs may reinforce physicians' goals to practice in disadvantaged communities
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/jun07/0607RA15.htm

Other CDU MRISP-supported studies

http://cmejama-archives.ama-assn.org/cgi/hierarchy/amacme_course;archopht124/6/895

One AHRQ-funded manuscript (Heslin K, et al. Racial and ethnic differences in unmet need for vision care among children with special health care needs. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124:895-902) was chosen among all June submissions to be made available as a CME course on the Archives of Ophthalmology website for June 2006.