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. 2019 Jan;55(1):9-23.
doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0326-9. Epub 2018 Aug 22.

Modeling Health Disparities and Outcomes in Disenfranchised Populations

Emily J Hauenstein  1 , Rachael S Clark  2 , Elizabeth I Merwin  3
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Modeling Health Disparities and Outcomes in Disenfranchised Populations

Emily J Hauenstein et al. Community Ment Health J. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

The Health Disparities and Outcomes (HDO) model originally created to explain the complexity of obtaining healthcare in rural settings has been revised and updated using emerging theoretical models of adversity and inequity and two decades of empirical work by the authors. With a strong orientation to explaining population-based health inequities, the HDO is applied to individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), to explain their high rates of morbidity and mortality compared to the general population. Individual-, community-, and system-level factors that reflect an understanding of life-long risk, accrued hazards associated with multiple and intersecting disadvantages, and difficulty obtaining healthcare that meets accepted standards are described. The revised HDO can be applied to populations with disproportionate health challenges to identify multi-level factors that affect illness trajectory and overall health outcomes.

Keywords: Community characteristics; Health disparities; Health outcomes; Intersectionality; Mental illness.

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