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Racial Disparities in Physician Practice Patterns and Self-Management of Obesity
DC, DC, United States
Summary
The goal of this research is to examine racial disparities in physician delivery of obesity-related health care services; identify the multilevel explanatory factors underlying racial disparities in individual self-management of body weight; and determine key patient- and provider-level barriers to optimal obesity care, whether they differ by patient race, and how these barriers can be overcome.
Dates
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- Start Date:
- 08/01/2009
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- End Date:
- 07/31/2014
Locations
- DC, DC, United States: 3 projects - selected city