Research to End Healthcare Disparities
Improving client treatment engagement and developing high-capacity AHS programs that accept public health insurance and facilitate coordinated care services is vital for underserved groups and key to reducing client treatment program wait periods and retention.
The growth and acceptance of Medicaid has been pivotal in decreasing health disparities and increasing client access to and engagement in substance abuse treatment within the United States.
In an effort to shed light on characteristics related to alcohol use among older adults in Mexico and within their indigenous cultures, Drs. Emma Aguila Vega, Erick Guerrero and their collaborators delved into the rates of alcohol consumption amongst primarily Mayan older adults in the Yucatán peninsula.
Dr. Erick Guerrero and colleagues studied the substance abuse treatment outcomes and gender-based differences between Black, Latino and White groups to gain a better understanding of gender disparities within these groups.
There has been limited effort to scientifically study the implementation of culturally responsive practices in health care to date, which prompted a team of researchers led by iSATed’s Dr. Erick Guerrero, to further explore this area.
Dr. Erick Guerrero and researchers examined one of the largest samples of urban homeless individuals under treatment for drug use in the United States to identify ways treatment providers can more effectively treat drug addiction.
See iSATed findings illustrating how programs that accept Medicaid payments in LA County report lower wait times to enter care and higher retention in substance abuse treatment
Learn how the implementation of medication-assisted treatment reduced disparities in substance use disorder treatment completion for Mexican-Americans
Discover how high transactional leadership skills and an organizational climate geared to implementation of cultural competence assists with the application of culturally responsive practices in substance abuse treatment programs
What role does implementation of evidence-based and culturally responsive practices play in reducing disparities for Mexican-Americans in substance abuse treatment? Research is limited on the extent to which implementation of … Read More
