Disparities in Healthcare
Healthcare disparities refer to differences in access to or availability of facilities and services. Health status disparities refer to the variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between socioeconomic and/or geographically defined population groups.
Resources & Tools
Reflecting on My Mom’s Death: Moving Toward A More Complex Understanding of Health, Disability, And Dying
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Published on 03/28/2023
Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
Guiding Principles to Address the Impact of Algorithm Bias on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by JAMA
Uprooting the Structural Drivers of Health Inequity
Resource - Webinar
Brought to you by ChangeLab Solutions
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care: Findings from the KFF Survey of Racism, Discrimination and Health
Resource - Report
Brought to you by KFF
Guide to Equity in the U.S. Health Care System
Resource - Guide/handbook
Brought to you by Urban Institute
Affordable Housing Investment: A Guide for Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Systems
Resource - Guide/handbook
Brought to you by Urban Institute
Published on 08/08/2019
To Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Child Health Care, More Needs to be Addressed Than Just Social Determinants
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by Elsevier, Inc.
Clinicians’ Racial Biases as Pathways to Iatrogenic Harms for Black People
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
Complex Care Certificate: A Free Training Resource From Kaiser Permanente
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Brought to you by Kaiser Permanente
The Whole PERSON Health Score: A Patient-Focused Tool to Measure Nonmedical Determinants of Health
Resource - Journal Article
Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk for Indigenous Populations throughout the Lifespan
Resource - Journal Article
Personal Experiences of U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Today’s Difficult Times
Resource - Report
Brought to you by RWJF
Revealing Disparities: Health Care Workers’ Observations of Discrimination Against Patients
Resource - Policy Brief
Brought to you by The Commonwealth Fund
LGBTQ-Inclusive Data Collection: A Lifesaving Imperative
Resource - Report
Brought to you by Human Rights Campaign
Children Without Health Insurance by Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Resource - Data Bank/repository
Brought to you by Annie E. Casey Foundation
In Common Newsletter: Hypertension, Race, and Ethnicity: Decreasing the Disparities
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Published on 07/21/2022
Financial Instability and Delays in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Due to COVID-19
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Barriers to Equity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
Resource - Website/webpage
Brought to you by CDC
How Health Care Leaders Can Prioritize Health Equity for the LGBTQIA2+ Community
Resource - Blog
Brought to you by Harvard University
Dissecting Racial Bias in an Algorithm Used to Manage the Health of Populations
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AAAS
Prevention Science and Health Equity: A Comprehensive Framework for Preventing Health Inequities and Disparities Associated with Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by Springer
Addressing Disparities in Diagnostic Errors & Medication Safety in the Home
Resource - Report
Brought to you by Massachusetts General Hospital (d/b/a General Hospital Corporation)
How Abolition of Race-Based Medicine Is Necessary to American Health Justice
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
Dental Disparities among Low-Income American Adults: A Social Work Perspective
Resource - Journal Article
Bearing the Burden: How racism-related stress hurts America’s black mothers and babies
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Published on 10/02/2018
Commons Good Podcast: Debra Oto-Kent and Barbara Masters, Build Healthy Places Network Partners
Story - Audio
Brought to you by Community Initiatives
Published on 03/13/2022
Quiet Neglect: Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare Is Hurting Older Adults
Story - Written
Brought to you by Breaking Media, Inc.
Published on 02/04/2024
Hypertension, Race, and Ethnicity: Decreasing the Disparities
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This Is the Stimulus We Need Right Now. It's Not $1,000 for Every American.
Story - Written
Brought to you by NYT
Tribal Health: Reinvesting in the Indian Health Service
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For Urban Poor, the Coronavirus Complicates Existing Health Risks
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Brought to you by NYT
ExploreMoHealth: An Example of How One State is Taking Health Data to the Next Level
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Published on 04/10/2018
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