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Public Health Reports: 2020 in Review

“…5 Four of the 29 PHR articles on health disparities and minority health addressed interventions to improve the health of racial/ethnic minority populations and other socially or economically disadvantaged populations or reduce health disparities. [6][7][8][9] Three of these articles found interventions to be effective, 7-9 and 1 article observed no effect 6 (Table 4). Methodologically, 2 of these studies were cross-sectional, 6,9 1 study was qualitative, 7 and 1 study was based on a review of published work.…”

“…Methodologically, 2 of these studies were cross-sectional, 6,9 1 study was qualitative, 7 and 1 study was based on a review of published work. 8 None featured experimental designs. Two interventions were at the individual level, 6,9 and 2 targeted system/agency-level outcomes.…”

“…Two interventions were at the individual level, 6,9 and 2 targeted system/agency-level outcomes. 7,8 Of particular interest among these articles is a study that described novel methods of recruiting for epidemiologic research young adults living in rural areas who use opioids. 9…”