Table of Contents

Health Care Disparities: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Underserved Populations and Health Care Services. Health Care Disparities and Underserved Populations: Issues of Social Factors. (J. Jacobs Kronenfeld). Gender and Related Issues. African American Teen Mothers and Reproductive Health Care Services: Gender and the Context of Intention. (S.J. Brubaker). Breast Cancer Treatment Decision Making: Does the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Transcend Culture? (P.H. Wescott, E.J. Reifler, K. Sepucha, E.R. Park). Special Types of Underserved Populations: Mental Health, Emotional Well Being, Aging and Sex Workers. Social Factors, Need, and Mental Health Services Utilization: Findings of the National Comorbidity Survey. (A. Kouzis). Social Determinants of Health Care Access Among Sex Industry Workers in Canada. (R. Phillips, C. Benoit). Presenting and Anticipatory Needs for Accessibility to Providers and Services: The Experiences of Six Frail Older Widows Living in Medically Underserved Areas. (E.J. Porter). Effects of Managed Health Insurance on Physical and Emotional Well-Being). (D. Clayton Smith, J.W. Grimm, Z.W. Brewster). Treatment Disparities and Providers of Care. "Nothing Happens in Medical School that Prepares you for Working with Anyone Who's Different:"Informal Learning and the Socio-Clinical Knowledge Amongst Family Physicians. (E. Mykhalovskiy, K. Farrell). Rapid Clinical Decisions in Context: A Theoretical Model to Understand Physicians' Decision-Making with an Application to Racial/Ethnic Treatment Disparities. (J.H. Tamayo-Sarver et al.). Policy Concerns. The Impacts of Public Policy Implementation on Tribal Health Care Management: The Case of OEO/CAP. (M. Companion). Health Systems and Health Promotion Programs-the Necessity of Cultural Competence: An Ethical Analysis. (V. Ford, B. Furlong). The Biomedical Legacy in Minority Health Policy-Making, 1975-2002. (D. Halfmann, J. Rude, K. Ebert). Literacy: Influence on Access and Use of the Health Care System. (K. Seccombe, R.S. Lockwood, S. Reder).