Representation Matters: Resources to Improve Diversity in Healthcare.
Our resource seeks to bridge the diversity gap between students and instructors, healthcare professionals and patients, and anyone seeking to improve diversity or educate themselves on the longstanding issues facing minorities in healthcare.
April 19, 2024
Rural Health During the Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions to Accessing Care
Rural areas often face unique characteristics that put residents at increased risk of death, including older age, reduced access to health care, further distance from care, and higher rates of poverty.
National Institute for Health Care Management (NICM) Foundation - February 24, 2022
Time for Dental Care to Be Considered Essential in US Health Care Policy
Oral Health Inequity
Training, service delivery, and financing are done separately in dentistry and general health care, which has influenced reimbursement structures, access to services, and outcomes.
American Medical Association (AMA) Journal of Ethics - January 2022
Connections Between Health Equity and Disability
When it comes to health care, significant disparities abound between people with disabilities and non-disabled people. From physical barriers and discrimination, to financial hurdles and a lack of available resources, access to health care is alarmingly inequitable for disabled people around the world. According to a 2019 report from The Missing Billion, “People with disabilities face higher healthcare needs, more barriers to accessing services, and less health coverage, resulting in worse health outcomes.”
Disability & Philanthropy Forum - 2022
Rural Health Equity
Rural health disparities have attracted increased national attention, compelling an expanded focus on rural health research. The article discusses the relevance of health equity frameworks, implementation science, and community-engaged approaches to promote rural well-being.
December 15, 2021
Remove Race From Equation Used to Assess Kidney Function, Researchers Say
American Journal of Managed Care - September 23, 2021
An Inside Look at Disparities in Lung Cancer Care for At-Risk Populations
American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) - August 1, 2021
A Mobile Health Breast Cancer Educational and Screening Intervention Tailored for Low-Income, Uninsured Latina Immigrants
Women's Health Reports - August 2021
Health Disparities Associated with Females Reporting Human Papillomavirus Infection in the United States
Women's Health Reports - July 15, 2021
Underscoring Disparities in Rural Health: Challenges, Solutions for a Long-standing and Growing National Issue
American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) - July 1, 2021
Systemic Kidney Transplant Inequities for Black Individuals: Examining the Contribution of Racialized Kidney Function Estimating Equations
JAMA Network Open - January 21, 2021
Health Equity in Midsize Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Rural America.
Health Equity in Midsize Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Rural America
September 2020
The State of Rural Public Health: Enduring Needs in a New Decade
The challenges the rural governmental public health enterprise faces, the so-called “double disparity” of worse health outcomes and behaviors alongside modest investment in health departments compared with their nonrural peers.
August 12, 2020
Digital Health Equity and COVID-19
The Innovation Curve Cannot Reinforce the Social Gradient of Health. Digital inequality research has shown that internet access is not evenly distributed among the general population.
Journal of Medical Internet Research - June 20, 2020
Innovative Diabetes Interventions in the U.S. Hispanic Population
American Diabetes Association Diabetes Spectrum - November 2019
Indian Health Disparities
October 2019
Advancing health equity and access using telemedicine: a geospatial assessment
The study evaluates the reach and context of a virtual urgent care (VUC) program on health equity and accessibility to improve healthcare.
July 24, 2019
Eye-opening Disparities in Uptake of Cancer Prevention Strategies
Medscape - Apr 03, 2019
A Low-Risk, Low-Cost Way to Slow Cognitive Decline
Medscape – October 11, 2018
Listening to Black Mothers in California
National Partnership for Women and Families - September 2018
Prevalence and correlates of obstructive sleep apnea among African Americans
By Dayna A. Johnson, Na Guo, Michael Rueschman, Rui Wang, James G. Wilson, Susan Redline – September 5, 2018
Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis
By Linda Villarosa – The New York Times Magazine – April 11, 2018
Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why.
NPR – December 7, 2017
The Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health
NPR – November 11, 2017
New Diagnostic Codes Lessen Stigma for Transgender People
By Jack Drescher, MD – Medscape – September 11, 2017
Racial and Ethnic Disparities by Gender in Health Care in Medicare Advantage
CMS Office of Minority Health in collaboration with the RAND Corporation - April 2017
How racism makes us sick
By DAVID R. WILLIAMS - November, 2016
The problem with race-based medicine
By DOROTHY ROBERTS - November, 2015
A Roadmap and Best Practices for Organizations to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - August 2012