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Interventions to Improve Management of Chronic Conditions Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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Digital and mhealth interventions can be effective in improving health outcomes among minority patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure, and chronic respiratory diseases. A number of electronic and digital approaches to individual and population-level interventions involving telephones, internet and web-based resources, and mobile platforms have been deployed to improve chronic disease outcomes. This paper summarizes the evidence supporting the efficacy of various behavioral and digital interventions targeting intermediate outcomes and hospitalizations with particular emphasis on studies examining the effects of these interventions on racial and ethnic minority population.

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  1. Department of Community Medicine and Healthcare, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA

    Riddhi Doshi

  2. Division of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington avenue MC 6030, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA

    Robert H. Aseltine

  3. Aetna Foundation, Hartford, CT, USA

    Alyse B. Sabina & Garth N. Graham

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Doshi, R., Aseltine, R.H., Sabina, A.B. et al. Interventions to Improve Management of Chronic Conditions Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 4, 1033–1041 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0431-4

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