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Laboratory Testing and Health Disparities, An Issue of the Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
- 1st Edition, Volume 44-4 - October 31, 2024
- Editor: Dina N. Greene
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 7 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 7 5 - 3
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest editor Dr. Dina N. Greene brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Laboratory Testing and Health Disparities. Reflecting recent significant research on social determinants of health and impacts on health equity, this issue summarizes health disparities inside and outside of the lab for healthcare providers and laboratory professionals. Top experts in the field discuss laboratory professionals’ unique position in mitigating health disparities, raising awareness in this critical area and making recommendations for improvement.
- Contains 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics including literacy and language: improving accessibility of laboratory test results through patient portals; racism in drugs of abuse testing; inclusive clinical trials and research studies; designing laboratory utilization strategies to improve health equity; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on laboratory testing and health disparities, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Inclusive Laboratory Reference Intervals and Clinical Studies to Reduce Health Disparities
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinics care points
- Laboratory Informatics Approaches to Improving Care for Gender- Diverse Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contextualizing Race and Ethnicity in the Practice of Laboratory Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Racism in Drug Testing
- Key points
- Introduction
- Matrices
- Biases in drug testing of the pregnant population
- Incarcerated disparities and drug testing in prison
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Steps Forward to a Fair and Inclusive Blood Supply
- Key points
- Historical context
- Blood donor screening
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Literacy and Language Barriers to Overcome in Laboratory Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical relevance
- Reviewing plausible solutions to operationalize access
- Future directions
- Summary
- Access Barriers in Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections across Gender and Sexual Identities
- Key points
- Introduction
- The influence of sex, gender, and sexual behaviors on sexually transmitted infection screening
- Self-collected, minimally-invasive samples as a harm reduction approach to sexually transmitted infection testing for queer and transgender populations
- Extragenital site testing
- Chlamydia and gonorrhea
- Inaccessibility of extragenital testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea
- Mycoplasma genitalium
- Trichomonas
- Extragenital Mycoplasma genitalium and Trichomonas
- Human papillomavirus
- Gaps in human papillomavirus cervical cancer screening
- Gaps in human papillomavirus anal cancer screening
- Survey of in vitro diagnostic manufacturers and large reference laboratories
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Promoting Health Equity Through Effective Laboratory Stewardship Strategies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Access to clinical laboratory testing
- Test selection and relationship with health equity
- Laboratory stewardship efforts to promote equity in result delivery
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- History, Advances, and Challenges of Sickle Cell Disease Treatment
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Early treatment approaches
- Advances in medical therapy
- Cell-based therapies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- A Winding Road to Health Care Equity in Sickle Cell Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Influence of Race Modifiers in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculations on Medication Dosing, Access, and Transplant Eligibility
- Key points
- Introduction
- Estimation of glomerular filtration rate for drug dosing
- Diabetes and hypoglycemic drugs
- Chemotherapeutics
- Antimicrobials
- Cardiovascular agents
- Psychiatric drugs
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate and non-pharmacologic treatments
- Sex, gender, and intersectionality
- Clinic care points
- Summary
- Affirmative Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients: A Guide to Patient Assessment
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 44-4
- Published: October 31, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443246746
- eBook ISBN: 9780443246753
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Dina N. Greene
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, WA, USA