Publications by authors named "Brian L Chan"
Article Synopsis
- Hepatitis C is a significant health issue, especially among Latinos in the U.S., making screening in community health centers crucial for controlling the infection.
- An observational study (2013-2017) examined screening rates for hepatitis C among different ethnic groups, finding that only 9% of 182,002 eligible patients were screened, with lower rates in Latino patients who preferred English.
- The study concluded that Latino English-preferred patients had significantly lower screening rates compared to non-Hispanic Whites, while those who preferred Spanish had similar screening rates, indicating a disparity in access and utilization of screening services.
Introduction: HIV screening should occur for all adults at least once by age 65 years. Older adults have low screening rates. Latinos, with historically low screening rates, have worse HIV outcomes than non-Hispanic White patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Although smoking prevalence is lower among Hispanic adults than among non-Hispanic White adults, smoking remains a leading cause of preventable death among older Hispanics. This study examines the differences in tobacco assessment and smoking-cessation assistance among older patients seen in community health centers by ethnicity and language preference.
Methods: Electronic health record data were extracted from the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network of community health centers from patients aged 55‒80 years with ≥1 primary care visit between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018.