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The role of patient navigators in eliminating health disparities.
Review in Cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 220 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
220 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Review of Medical Mistrust Across the Cancer Continuum of Care and Current Interventions.Journal of community health · 2025Pooled it
- Patient navigator programmes for children and adolescents with chronic diseases.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Improving African American women's engagement in clinical research: A systematic review of barriers to participation in clinical trials.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics of Effective Colorectal Cancer Screening Navigation Programs in Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Systematic Review.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2017Pooled it
- Are cancer-related decision aids appropriate for socially disadvantaged patients? A systematic review of US randomized controlled trials.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Pooled it
- Navigating Language Barriers: A Systematic Review of Patient Navigators' Impact on Cancer Screening for Limited English Proficient Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDSPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Trial
- Effect of an Antiracism Intervention on Racial Disparities in Time to Lung Cancer Surgery.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2022Trial
- Group Versus Individual Educational Sessions With aAJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2019Trial
- Mediation analyses of Internet-facilitated cognitive behavioral intervention for maternal depression.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2019Trial
- A hybrid type I randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of patient navigation to improve access to services for children with autism spectrum disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2018Trial
- Public Mistrust of the U.S. Health Care System's Profit Motives: Mixed-Methods Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Trial
- Mom-net: Evaluation of an internet-facilitated cognitive behavioral intervention for low-income depressed mothers.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- ColoNav: patient navigation for colorectal cancer screening in deprived areas - Study protocol.BMC cancer · 2016Trial
- A protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial using the Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY) platform approach to promote person-focused primary healthcare for older adults.Implementation science : IS · 2016Trial
- Medical mistrust and patient satisfaction with mammography: the mediating effects of perceived self-efficacy among navigated African American women.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Trial
- Patient navigation to increase colorectal cancer screening among Latino Medicare enrollees: a randomized controlled trial.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2015Trial
- Can patient navigation improve receipt of recommended breast cancer care? Evidence from the National Patient Navigation Research Program.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2014Trial
- Finding a BETTER way: a qualitative study exploring the prevention practitioner intervention to improve chronic disease prevention and screening in family practice.BMC family practice · 2014Trial
- Association of Social Determinants of Health with Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC).Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
160 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Despite many important efforts to increase equity in the US health care system, not all Americans have equal access to health care-or similar health outcomes. With the goal of lowering costs and increasing accessibility to health care, the nation's new health care reform legislation includes certain provisions that expand health insurance coverage to uninsured and underinsured populations, promote medical homes, and support coordination of care. These provisions may help narrow existing health care disparities. Many of the most vulnerable patients, however, may continue to have difficulty accessing and navigating the complex US health care delivery system. This article explores the unique role that patient navigation can play in improving health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities, as well as other underserved populations, in the context of a changing healthcare environment. Patient navigators can not only facilitate improved health care access and quality for underserved populations through advocacy and care coordination, but they can also address deep-rooted issues related to distrust in providers and the health system that often lead to avoidance of health problems and non-compliance with treatment recommendations. By addressing many of the disparities associated with language and cultural differences and barriers, patient navigators can foster trust and empowerment within the communities they serve. Specific patient navigator activities are discussed, and metrics to evaluate program efforts are presented.
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