Prevalence and ethnic/racial disparities in the distribution of pediatric injuries in South Florida: implications for the development of community prevention programs.

Background: The state of Florida continues to report significant gender, ethnic and racial disparities in trauma incidence, access to care and outcomes in the adult population. Our objective was to assess pediatric injury profiles and ethnic/racial disparities of specific injuries in a Regional Trauma Center (TC) in South Florida.

Methods: Retrospective data from November 2011 to December 2015 were obtained from the Level 2 TC registry for children ≤21 years old.

Health literacy and asthma management among African-American adults: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Objective: African-Americans share a disproportionate burden of asthma and low health literacy and have higher asthma morbidity and mortality. Factors that link the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes are unclear. This study aimed to use patients' experiences of managing asthma to better understand the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes.