Barriers to occupational and environmental medicine services in the southeastern United States.
J Occup Environ Med
; 47(3): 219-25, 2005 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-15761317
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We sought to determine whether low-income and minority populations in the Southeast face barriers to access to occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) services.METHODS:
Access to OEM services was defined as the presence of an OEM physician in a county or the proximity of a clinic in the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics network to a county.RESULTS:
Counties with higher percentages of low-income, all non-white minority, and African-American populations in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi were more likely to be farther away from an AOEC clinic. Counties with higher percentages of low-income populations were less likely to have an OEM physician. However, the percentages of minority and African-American populations in these counties were not associated with the presence of an OEM physician.CONCLUSION:
Both low-income and minority populations in the Southeast face barriers to OEM services.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Negro o Afroamericano
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Medicina Ambiental
/
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud
/
Grupos Minoritarios
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Medicina del Trabajo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Implementation_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Occup Environ Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos