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Christopher Prater

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Medicine/Pediatrics

Selected Publications


Perceived Discrimination During Prenatal Care at a Community Health Center.

Journal Article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · June 2023 INTRODUCTION: Discrimination in healthcare is associated with fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, and postpartum depression. A community-based participatory research study was designed to measure perceived discrimination and healthcare quality during ... Full text Link to item Cite

Programmatic Effectiveness of Latent Tuberculosis Care Cascade in a Community Health Center.

Journal Article J Immigr Minor Health · June 2021 Our aim was to quantify successful completion of steps of the latent tuberculosis (LTBI) care cascade in a community health center (CHC) with a large foreign-born population. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of individuals with a positive test for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrating a Multidisciplinary Pain Team and Chiropractic Care in a Community Health Center: An Observational Study of Managing Chronic Spinal Pain.

Journal Article J Prim Care Community Health · 2020 BACKGROUND: Chronic spinal pain is one of the most common diseases in the United States. Underserved patients are most affected, and disproportionately may use opioid medications as they lack access to other therapies. It is therefore important to develop ... Full text Link to item Cite

Beyond Medical “Missions” to Impact-Driven Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGHs): Ethical Principles to Optimize Community Benefit and Learner Experience

Journal Article Academic Medicine · May 2016 Increasing demand for global health education in medical training has driven the growth of educational programs predicated on a model of short-term medical service abroad. Almost two-thirds of matriculating medical students expect to participate in ... Full text Cite