New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced new efforts to expand access to maternal health services, targeting care inequities that drive maternal health disparities for Black and Latino families.
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Although the majority of physicians recognize the role social determinants of health (SDOH) play in patient outcomes, many physicians do not have the time or resources needed to navigate patient SDOH,...
About one in ten kids experience food insecurity, a serious social determinant of health, between 2019 and 2020, with new CDC data revealing steep racial, geographic, and disease state health...
The United States still has the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world, a factor largely driven by steep Black maternal health disparities, according to the most recent figures out of...
Populations of color continue to have a poorer patient experience than their White counterparts, with the latest reporting in Health Affairs highlighting patient experience disparities within and...
According to a JAMA Internal Medicine study, staff members’ implicit bias about minority groups was linked to variability in end-of-life care delivered to Black patients with dementia, limiting...
Out-of-pocket prescription drug costs are a problem for nearly 5 million Medicare beneficiaries, but are especially pressing for Black and Latino people, revealing key racial health disparities in...
CVS Health has partnered with Uber Health, the rideshare company's healthcare arm, to provide individuals in underserved communities free transportation when seeking access to medical...
Federally qualified health centers continue to prove pivotal at supporting health equity, with the latest data from the Boston University School of Public Health showing FQHCs were disproportionately...
Individuals with a higher level of education were found to have better cardiovascular health (CVH). Still, the benefits of education do not persist across non-White racial and ethnic groups, according...
Medical schools across the country are playing a long game, increasingly investing in recruiting students of color with the intent of creating a medical workforce that better reflects the nation’s diversity and, ultimately, promoting...
Black women born in the US have a higher odds of preeclampsia than Black women who immigrated from other countries, according to new data from Johns Hopkins Medicine, indicating that other social...
Nearly a third of physicians admit they don’t have a great understanding of their legal responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), leaving them liable to both legal...
Limited English proficiency is linked with a lower rate of patient-reported cardiovascular disease, health disparities that researchers said in JAMA Network Open is either due to low patient education...
According to an athenahealth study, data demonstrated that patients in low-income zip codes were less likely than patients in high-income zip codes to schedule an annual wellness visit indicating that...
According to an American Heart Association study, patients who live within socially vulnerable neighborhoods have a higher likelihood of high complications from COVID-19 infections, offering...
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine received a $10 million grant that will help fund a study to investigate how environmental and economical interventions impact racial...
Despite coming to an end in the 1960s, institutionally racist policies like redlining still rears its ugly head, manifesting itself in poor health outcomes and Black maternal health disparities in...
A year after making its health equity pledge, Providence is excited about the work it’s done to reduce racial health disparities. Although far from complete, the organization is celebrating its...
It’s easy for health equity work to devolve into a bit of analysis paralysis, leaving even the best-intentioned people stuck questioning how to progress forward, according to Kulleni Gebreyes,...
