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41. Racial and Ethnic Disparities Widened in Well-Child Visits During COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/915.html
    June 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: Transforming Healthcare To Improve the Health and Well-Being of Older Americans . … AHRQ Views: Transforming Healthcare To Improve the Health and Well-Being of Older Americans AHRQ’s growing … Explore Careers at AHRQ Join the team  that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing

42. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/uspstf/index.html
    September 01, 2024 - national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of all Americans

43. Practice-based Research Networks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/index.html
    July 01, 2025 - AHRQ values the work of PBRNs that improves the health of all Americans by engaging clinicians in quality

44. Care Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/careaffordability.html
    June 01, 2018 - Improvements in access were led by sustained reductions in the number of Americans without health insurance … and increases in the number of Americans with a usual source of medical care.

45. Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/opportunity-improve-healthcare.html
    May 01, 2022 - But these life-saving protections were often unavailable to elderly African Americans and Latinos who … President Biden supports AHRQ’s mission to transform our healthcare system to serve all Americans with

46. Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Among them: Americans are increasingly able and, in many instances, willing to engage in new activities … During the pandemic, Americans took to home-based care as never before in the form of remote medical

47. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - With the expanding patient population of older Americans, there is a dramatic rise in the need for hospice … As older Americans continue to rely on hospice for their end-of-life care, there needs to be a call to

48. Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/carecoordination.html
    June 01, 2018 - Improvements in access were led by sustained reductions in the number of Americans without health insurance … and increases in the number of Americans with a usual source of medical care.

49. Person- and Family-Centered Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/pfcc.html
    June 01, 2018 - 2015 QDR Access to care has improved dramatically, led by sustained reductions in the number of Americans … without health insurance and increases in the number of Americans with a usual source of medical care

50. Final Progress Report: Health Journalism 2007, National Conference On Health Care Journalism (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/bruzzese1-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - debates, medical technology, health-related businesses, diseases, and so on, in the news help shape how Americans … The same report reveals that more than half of Americans (58 percent) said that a medical or health … Americans talk about science and medical news. … Louis American LOS ANGELES - Health issues of core concern to African Americans were front and center … VITAL SIGNS Cultural differences affect end-of-life care Most terminally ill Americans seeking hospice

51. Lifestyle Modification | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/lifestyle.html
    June 01, 2018 - Quality and Disparities Report Lifestyle Modification and Health Unhealthy behaviors place many Americans … Importance: The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults engage in at least … The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that children and adolescents engage in … Department of Agriculture created the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help people understand the … so schools need to provide diverse, nutrient-based foods and drinks. 7 The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

52. Offices and Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2025 - develop and disseminate the evidence, tools and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help Americans

53. Presenting Facts and Addressing Misinformation to Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-curriculum-learning-guide-staff.pdf
    March 01, 2021 - African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans ARE/ARE NOT at higher risk for side effects … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans have the highest COVID-19 death rates … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans ARE/ARE NOT at higher risk for side effects … Americans. … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans have the highest COVID- 19 death rates

54. Strategy 6K: Cultivating Cultural Competence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6kculturalcompetence.html
    March 01, 2020 - behavioral health practitioners with cultural backgrounds commonly requested by members, including African Americans … program mentioned above, the health plan distributed written materials developed specifically for African Americans … materials included brochures on nutrition that were designed to be specifically relevant to African Americans … Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive African Americans … Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive African Americans

55. 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata2.html
    May 01, 2018 - to reflect the diversity within racial and ethnic populations (e.g., subgroups of Hispanics, African Americans … , Asian Americans, etc.), particularly at the local level" ( IOM, 2003 , p. 233). … States found that fewer Caribbean- and African-born Blacks received any care than U.S.- born African Americans … Native Americans also received less care compared with Whites and less often rated their care as good … , Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, and Korean Americans compared with Whites that were independent

56. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/background.html
    July 01, 2015 - with the goals of achieving higher quality, more accessible, and more efficient health care for all Americans

57. Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/otherwebsites/PBRN/pbrn.html
    September 01, 2018 - improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care practice to improve the health of all Americans

58. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/background.html
    February 01, 2017 - with the goals of achieving higher quality, more accessible, and more efficient health care for all Americans

59. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Infant Mortality and Maternity Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part2-mch.html
    May 01, 2018 - -born Puerto Ricans are less favorable than those for Mexican Americans. … Hispanics, including Mexicans, Cubans, and Central and South Americans, have achieved the benchmark.

60. Use of Clinical Preventive Services in the United States - Infographic (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/us-clinical-preventive-services.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - 65+ Women Men 61.2 73.2 56.2 76.5 % 50-64 50-64 65-74Age 65-74 Colon Cancer Screening Many Americans