Sample A total of 53 African-American mothers were recruited using convenience sampling to participate in six Atlanta-area focus groups September to October 2003. Each group had 8-10 participants. Table 1 presents demographic characteristics of participants. Mothers’ ages ranged 18—40 years, with the majority (55%) of the sample aged 25-34 years. About half (51%) of the [...]

Immunizations have drastically reduced childhood morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable disease. One outcome of this success is the majority of parents and healthcare providers are no longer exposed to the diseases that vaccines prevent, and there has been an increasing focus on vaccine safety. Concerns about vaccine safety may negatively affect parents’ decisions to immunize [...]

This study has identified factors associated with the incident prescribing of TZDs, relatively new therapy, within a Medicaid managed care population with diabetes (Diabecon canadian it maintains proper blood sugar balance). In general, metformin is recommended as first-line therapy for type-2 diabetes (Tabletes Avandia controlling blood sugar levels). On the other hand, published literature has [...]

Patient Characteristics A total of 3,041 patients met the inclusion criteria; 793 patients filled a prescription for at least one TZD and 2,248 patients had at least one metformin claim (Table 1). The population was mostly composed of African-American patients (60.1%). Compared with the proportion of African Americans at 52% in the overall Medicaid population [...]

Data Source The study population includes patients enrolled in a Medicaid MCO who have at least one record of a paid prescription claim for metformin or a TZD between January 15, 2000 and June 15, 2002. Enrollment in Medicaid was continuous from receipt of the study drug through the end of the study timeframe. None [...]

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Our study sample comprised 191 black men and women attending an historically black university. These subjects were comparably distributed by sex and college level. Each subject underwent BMI determination and selected body images that best represented who they thought they were and how they would like to be. Also, each subject answered 20 questions about [...]