Zahra Ghanbari, Yousef Moradi, Negin Samiee, Farhad Moradpour
Dental caries prevalence in relation to the cardiovascular diseases: cross-sectional findings from the Iranian kurdish population
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background published resources guide content health disparities curricula train physicians effectively address disparities needs expectations local community need considered objective obtain community insight factors influencing health disparities important components health disparities curriculum residents methods qualitative study consisted 5 focus groups held 2019 4 included local community members fifth leaders local agencies serving communities focus group professionally led transcribed using inductive approach content analysis authors created codes transcripts categorized codes support development themes results sixtyfive community members participated 4 focus groups 10 community leaders participated fifth overall 6 themes emerged data 1 healthy community community access 2 systeminflicted stress weighs heavily health 3 communities internal strengths 4 racism affects care delivery 5 respectful bedside manner necessary build trust better health outcomes 6 experience community learn appreciate strengths needs conclusions study illustrates communitys input provides insights include health disparities curriculum serves model incorporation community perspective curriculum development