Abstracts tagged "Minority Health"

Abstract Number: 1098 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perceived Barriers and Opportunities to Accessing Rheumatoid Arthritis Care on Navajo Nation: The Primary Care Providers’ Perspectives
Jennifer Mandal¹, Catherine Nasrallah², Tabitha Carroway³, Mary Margaretten³, Gwendolyn Grant⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Centura Health, Durango, CO
Background/Purpose: Navajo Nation is the largest American Indian reservation, home to 250,000 tribal members living on 27,000 square miles. The prevalence of RA among the…
Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Differences in Clinical Trial Perceptions Among a Large, Predominantly Black Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Southeastern United States
Jessica Williams¹, Gaobin Bao¹, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Cristina Drenkard², Kim Schofield¹ and S. Sam Lim², ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Black patients have higher incidence and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and worse outcomes as compared to White patients, yet Black patients are…
Abstract Number: 1779 • ACR Convergence 2022
Psychosocial and Health Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: COVID-19 Pandemic Trends in the Georgians Organized Against Lupus Cohort
Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas¹, Gaobin Bao², Jessica Williams², S. Sam Lim¹ and Cristina Drenkard¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic may have a sustained impact on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in multiple ways. In a large predominantly Black SLE cohort,…
Abstract Number: 1783 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exploring How and Why Organizations Identify, Adopt, Disseminate, and Sustain Evidence-based Programs for Latinos with Arthritis
Marvin Albert Meza Jarquín¹, Leigh Callahan², Serena Weisner³, Kirsten Ambrose³ and Sandra Soto⁴, ¹School of Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Physical activity (PA) is effective in the self-management of arthritis. As such, several evidence-based programs aimed at supporting safe and meaningful PA have been…
Abstract Number: 1792 • ACR Convergence 2022
Contemporary Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Gout in the United States – 2019 Nationwide Analysis
Chio Yokose¹, natalie mccormick², na lu³, amit johi⁴, Lesley Jackson⁵, Minna Kohler⁶, Janeth Yinh², yuqing zhang⁷, John Hsu², kenneth saag⁵ and Hyon Choi⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Boston, MA, ⁴Regeneron, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is a highly prevalent inflammatory arthritis with increasing global disease burden in recent years.1,2 A recent analysis3 of the Multiethnic Cohort Study reported…
Abstract Number: 1884 • ACR Convergence 2022
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Alaska Native/American Indian People in Alaska
Vivek Mehta and Elizabeth Ferucci, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities have been in noted in various autoimmune disorders. Indigenous North American populations have higher prevalence and severity of a number of autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0005 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Rheumatology Access Expansion (RAE) Initiative: Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Care on Navajo Nation Through Primary Care Provider Education
Jennifer Mandal¹, Tabitha Carroway², Zara Izadi¹, Gwendolyn Grant³, Mary Margaretten², Starla Blanks⁴, Nataya Cabrera⁴, Peter Emanuel², Jeannie Hong⁵, Sheryl McCalla⁴, John McDougall⁶, Catherine Nasrallah⁷, McKinsey Pillsbury² and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Centura Health, Durango, CO, ⁴American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Phoenix Indian Medical Center/Indian Health Service, Phoenix, AZ, ⁶Northern Navajo Medical Center - Shiprock, NM, Shiprock, NM, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: The burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the United States falls disproportionately on communities of color and rural populations. The Navajo Nation is the…
Abstract Number: 2162 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Sclerosis in Alaska Native/American Indian People in Alaska
Vivek Mehta and Elizabeth Ferucci, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is known to have more severe manifestations and higher mortality in Black populations, while fewer studies have examined disparities in epidemiology…
Abstract Number: 0115 • ACR Convergence 2022
Facilitators of Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study of Racial Minority Patients, Lupus Providers and Clinic Staff
Shannon Herndon¹, Amy Corneli², Carrie Dombeck³, Teresa Swezey³, Megan Clowse³, Jennifer Rogers⁴, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Rebecca Sadun³, Jayanth Doss³, Amanda Eudy⁵, Hayden Bosworth² and Kai Sun³, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: SLE disproportionately affects patients of color. Medication nonadherence is more common among patients of color with SLE and is associated with worse health outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 0116 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Differences in Medication Beliefs and Barriers to Taking Medications Among Patients with SLE
Emilio Guzman Cisneros¹, Shannon Herndon¹, Theresa Coles², Corrine Voils³, Megan Clowse⁴, Rebecca Sadun⁴, Jennifer Rogers⁵, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss⁴, Amanda Eudy⁶ and Kai Sun⁴, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication adherence is critical for SLE management and can be influenced by patients' barriers and beliefs about treatment. Patients of color with SLE have…
Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation in Native American Rheumatic Disease Patients Is Associated with Systemic Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis but Not Other Rheumatic Diseases
Carla J. Guthridge¹, Catriona Wagner², Sohail Khan³, Michael Peercy⁴, Bobby Saunkeah⁴, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ³Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK, ⁴Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK
Background/Purpose: EBV infection is associated with autoantibody development in the preclinical period of rheumatic diseases, such as SLE and RA. Furthermore, EBV reactivation, characterized by…
Abstract Number: 0181 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient Perspective of Unique Support and Education Needs of Latinx/Latino(a)/Hispanic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Implications for a Culturally Tailored and Disease Specific Intervention
Anna Balakrishnan¹, Adena Batterman¹, Daniel Hernandez², Angel Tapia³, Joan Westreich¹, Roberta Horton¹ and Theodore Fields¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: Health disparities for Latinx RA patients, including higher pain, fatigue, disability, and risk for depression are well documented.1, 2, 3, 4 Support and education…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 and Autoimmune Rheumatic Patients: Behavioral Changes Adopted by Patients in the Midst of the Pandemic
Dzifa Dey¹, Bright Katso², Saudatu Issaka², Derrick Nyame³ and Patrick Adjei¹, ¹University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, ²Rheumatology Unit Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ³Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Background/Purpose: Several changes following the COVID-19 pandemic have emerged globally regarding the delivery of healthcare services. Giving concerns that, patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease (AIRD)…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Community Vulnerability: Associations with Lupus-Related Autoantibodies and Disease
Emily Vara, Dulaney Wilson, John Pearce, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent organic pollutants found in nonstick products, water repellant fabrics, fire-retardant foams, and food packaging. Highly stable,…
Abstract Number: 0349 • ACR Convergence 2021
Performance of the 2019 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Predominantly African American Cohort
Jessica English¹, Dulaney Wilson², Gary Gilkeson², Jim Oates² and Diane Kamen², ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were recently published by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) to…

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