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Publications

Through their publications, CHE staff bring both a current and historic focus on issues of concern for racially and ethnically diverse communities, especially those living in the inner-cities of the US. CHE will continue to develop and disseminate reports and peer-reviewed publications focused on these priorities.

Major Publications | Quality Health Care Conference Proceedings | Resources | Recent Presentations | Work With Students

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

Andrulis DP, Siddiqui NJ, and Gantner JL. Preparing Racially And Ethnically Diverse Communities For Public Health Emergencies. Health Affairs, September/October 2007; 26(5): 1269-1279.

Andrulis, D. & Duchon, L. The Changing Landscape of Hospital Capacity in Large Cities and Suburbs: Implications for the Safety Net in Metropolitan America. Journal of Urban Health, 2007.
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Andrulis, D. Access to Quality Care in US Cities: Balancing Community Need and Service System Survival. In: Vlahov, D., Freudenberg, N., and Galea, S. (Eds), Urban Health. Vanderbilt Press.

Andrulis, D. & Duchon, L. Hospital Care in the 100 Largest Cities and their Suburbs, 1996-2002: Implications for the Future of the Hospital Safety net in Metropolitan America. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, August 2005.
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Andrulis, D. Moving Beyond the Status Quo in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Health. Public Health Reports, July 2005, 120 (4).
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Sbrocco, T., Carter, M.M., Lewis, E.L., Vaughn, N.A., Kalupa, K.L., King, S., Suchday, S., & Osborn, R. (2005). Church Based Obesity Treatment for African American Women Improves Adherence. Ethnicity & Disease, 15 (2), 246-255.
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Duchon, L., Andrulis D., and Reid, H. Measuring Progress in Meeting Healthy People Goals for Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality among the 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 81 (3), 323-339.

Andrulis, D., Reid, H. and Duchon, L. Quality of Life in the Nations’ 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs: New and Continuing Challenges for Improving Health and Well-Being. Downstate Medical Center/ Brooklyn, June 2004.

Andrulis, D. Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disease Management to Improve Health Outcomes. Journal of Disease Management & Health Outcomes, 2003, 11, 789-800
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Andrulis, D., Duchon, L., and Reid, H. Before and After Welfare Reform: the Uncertain Progress for Poor Families and Children in the Nation’s 100 Largest Cities and their Suburbs. Downstate Medical Center/Brooklyn, July 2003.

Andrulis, D., Duchon, L., and Reid, H. Dynamics in race, culture and key indicators of health in the nation’s 100 largest cities and their suburbs. Downstate Medical Center/Brooklyn, February 2003.

Andrulis, D., Duchon, L., Pryor, C., and Goodman, N. Paying for Health Care When You’re Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? The Access Project, Boston, January 2003.

Andrulis, D., Duchon, L., and Reid H. Healthy Cities, Healthy Suburbs. Progress in Meeting Healthy People Goals in the Nation’s 100 Largest Cities and their Suburbs. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, August 2002.

Andrulis, D., Goodman, N., and Pryor, C. What a Difference an Interpreter Makes: Health Care Experiences of Uninsured with Limited English Proficiency. The Access Project, Boston, May 2002.
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Andrulis, D. and Hopkins, S. Public Hospitals and Substance Abuse Services for Pregnant Women and Mothers: Implications for Managed Care Programs and Medicaid. Journal of Urban Health, 2001, 78, 181-198.

Andrulis, D. Community, Service, and Policy Strategies to Improve Health Care Access in the Changing Urban Environment. American Journal of Public Health, 2000, 90, 858-862.

Andrulis, D. and Gusmano, M. Community Initiatives for the Uninsured: How Far Can Innovative Partnerships Take Us? New York Academy of Medicine, 2000.
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Andrulis, D. and Carrier, B. Managed Care and the Inner City: The Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans and Communities. Jossey Bass Inc.: San Francisco, 1999.

Andrulis, D. and Goodman, N. The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America. American Hospital Publishing Inc.: Chicago, 1999.

Andrulis, D., Bauer T., and Hopkins, S. Strategies to Increase Enrollment in Children’s Health Insurance Programs. Journal of Urban Health, 999, 76, 247-279.

Andrulis, D. (1999). Cultural Competence Assessment of Practices, Clinics and Health Care Facilities. In E. Kramer (Ed.), Immigrant Women’s Health. Jossey-Bass Inc. San Francisco, 1999.

Gordon, J., Goldfrank, L., Andrulis, D., D'Alessandri, R., and Kellermann, A. Emergency Department Initiatives to Improve the Public Health. Academic Emergency Medical Journal, 1998, 5, 935-937.

Andrulis, D. Access is the Centerpiece in Eliminating Socioeconomic Disparities in Health. Annals of Internal Medicine, September 1998.

Andrulis, D. The Public Sector in Health Care: Evolution or Dissolution? Health Affairs; 16, 1997, 131-140.

Andrulis, D. The Urban Health Penalty: New Dimensions and Directions for Inner-City Health Care. In: Inner-City Health Care. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 1997, 1.

Andrulis, D. Averting Traumatic Injury to Trauma Care in Los Angeles: a Near Miss with Lessons for all. JAMA, 1996, 276, 946-947.

Andrulis, D., Acuff, K., Weiss, K. and Anderson, R. Public Hospitals and Health reform. American Journal of Public Health, February 1996, 86, 162-165.

Chilton, MM and Angelo Giardino, Who's looking out for the little ones? Philadelphia Daily News, November 2, 2004, p. 16.

Chilton, MM, "Ideologies and Pathologies of Power: Two Books that Contribute to the Cause of Innovative Public Health Theory, Practice and Promotion." Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. Richard Hofrichter (Ed.) Reviewing Patholgies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. Health Promotion Practice (October 2004)

Vaughn, NA et al., Church-Based Obesity Treatment for African-American Women Improves Adherence. Ethnicity & Disease, Spring 2005, 15, 246-255.

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QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR CULTURALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS CONFERENCE SERIES PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings for the Third National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Advancing Effective Health Care through Systems Development, Data, and Measurement. Chicago, October 2-4, 2002.

Proceedings from the Second National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Strategy and Action for Communities, Providers, and a Changing Health System. Los Angeles, October 11-14, 2000.

Proceedings from the Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Provider and Community Collaboration in a Competitive Marketplace. New York City, October 1998.

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RESOURCES

The Lumetra Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Protocol for Health Plans
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The Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Protocol for Health Care Organizations and Systems

The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America

Dataset Reviews: RWJ Regional Quality Strategy

 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS


Andrulis, D. (November 2008). "Evaluating the Public Data Available for Quality and Disparity Assessment in the AF4Q Regions." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Andrulis DP, Siddiqui NJ, and Gantner J. (March 2007). “Emergency Preparedness for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities.” National Emergency Management Summit, New Orleans, LA
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Andrulis DP, Siddiqui NJ, and Graham, G. “Advancing Programs and Policies to Integrate Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities into Emergency Preparedness.” National Emergency Management Summit, Washington, D.C., February 5, 2008.
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Andrulis, D. (May 2005). CLAS Action: Applying Innovation and Assessment to Advance Cultural Competence in Health Care. Delaware Valley Cultural Competence Improvement Program, Delaware Valley Cultural Healthcare Council, Philadelphia, PA.
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Chilton, MM. (April 2005). Measuring Violations of Dignity for Policy Relevant Research. Lessons Learned from Right Based Approaches to Health, Atlanta, GA.

Chilton, MM. (April 2005). "Human Rights are a Joke": Perspectives from the Poor on Health and Human Rights. Lessons Learned from Rights Based Approaches to Health, Atlanta, GA.

Andrulis, D. (April 2005). Best Practices for Measuring Progress Toward Cultural Competence in Health Care. Second Symposium for Policy Makers in Mid-Atlantic States: Literacy, Language and Culture, Philadelphia, PA.

Andrulis, D. (January 2005). Reaching Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities in Primary Care Settings to Meet Requirements for Emergency Preparedness/Bioterrorism. Primary Care Emergency Management Demonstration, American Management Association, New York City, NY.
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Grier, S., and Villanueva, A. (November 2004). A Needs Assessment of a Portion of Newly Arrived Mexican Immigrants in South Philadelphia. American Public Health Association annual conference, Washington, DC.

Andrulis, D. (July 2004). Reducing Disparities by Targeting Chronic Illness. US Senate Republican Conference: Minority Health Quality Forum, Washington, DC.
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Andrulis, D. (June 2004). Cultural Competence Principles and Practices for Practitioners and Health Care Systems. SUNY Downstate Medical Canter, Brooklyn, NY.
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Andrulis, D. (June 2004). Best Practices for Measuring Progress Toward Cultural Competence In Health Care. Fifth Leadership and Education Conference on Diversity: Building Culturally Competent Organizations, Institute for Diversity In Health Management, Chicago, IL.
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Andrulis, D. (April 2004). Dynamics of Race, Culture and Key Indicators of Health in Philadelphia: Advancing Cultural Competence to Achieve Health Equity. Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA.
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Chilton, MM., Riddell L, Ford E, Opoku-Boateng A, McKinney S. (2004). Nutritional Challenges of Working Poor Families: Family Food Insecurity and the Emergency Food System. American Public Health Association annual meeting.

Chilton, MM. (2004). Neighborhood Characteristics and Disparities in Access to Nutritious Foods. American Public Health Association annual meeting.

Chilton, MM. (2004). Teaching Sensitivity in Health Promotion and Health Behavior: Lessons from the Princess and the Pea. American Public Health Association annual meeting.

Chilton, MM. (2003). A Human Rights Approach to Health Disparities and Prevention Research. Plenary Presentation for Reasearch!America, Pennsylvania Public Health Association.
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Chilton, MM., O'Brien M, Ford E and Nahm, N (2003). Violence, Food Insecurity and Women's Rights in Urban America. International Conference on Food, Poverty and Health in Welfare, Portugal.
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Chilton, MM., Ford E, O'Brien M and Matthews, L (2002). Hunger and Human Rights in Philadelphia: Community Perspectives. American Public Health Association annual meeting.

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WORK WITH STUDENTS

Walker, RE, Gerrity, P and Chilton, MM (2005). Routine and Chaos: Challenges to Diabetes Self-Management in a Low-Income Community. American Public Health Association.

Baffy, N, Lisi L and Chilton MM (2005). 215-GO!: Innovations in Pediatric Obesity Care. American Public Health Association.

Kurian, C, Chilton, MM, Worley, H and Sondheimer, NS. Photo-voices: Uncovering Family Experiences Behind Welfare Policies and Programs.

Nguyn, T, Du C, Furnas S and Chilton MM (2002). Diabetic Health Beliefs of Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrants in Philadelphia. American Public Health Association.

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