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Study reveals bias in drug testing pregnant patients

04/17/2023 - Arielle Dreher - lock_open
Pregnant Black patients were drug tested more often than white patients before delivery, a JAMA Health Forum analysis of patients in a... Read more

How To Improve Race, Ethnicity, And Language Data And Disparities Interventions

09/14/2022 - Neil P. Rowen Brianna Van Stekelenburg Raman Nohria Robert S. Saunders Rebecca G. Whitaker - lock_open
Considerations for state-based, multi-stakeholder approaches to collect, validate, and share REL data with the ultimate goal of advancing... Read more

Health Equity Policy Framework

08/26/2022 - MA Public Health Association - lock_open
From the author: MPHA’s newly revised Health Equity Policy Framework, which guides our staff, Board, and Policy Council and helps us keep... Read more

States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity

07/19/2022 - Suzanne Wikle, Jennifer Wagner, Farah Erzouki, and Jennifer Sullivan - lock_open
Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, at over 80 million enrollees.2 Its numerous benefits to enrollees include... Read more

We Thought You’d Never Ask! Learning From Boston’s Black Community What Supports Its Health, Resilience & Wellbeing

06/02/2022 - Fenway Health and Black Boston COVID Coalition - lock_open
A report of key findings, voices that informed those findings, and powerful wtories shared by Boston’s Black community.  The report... Read more

Unequal Housing Conditions And Code Enforcement Contribute To Asthma Disparities In Boston, Massachusetts

04/01/2022 - Evan Lemire, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Wenyi Wang, and Adam Haber - lock_open
Housing quality is a primary determinant of asthma disparities by race and social class in the US. We sought to assess how housing code... Read more

The Racial Health and Wealth Gap Impact of Medical Debt on Black Families

03/12/2022 - Berneta L. Haynes, National Consumer Law Center - lock_open
A new report from the National Consumer Law Center that examines the intersection between the racial health gap and the racial wealth gap... Read more

Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy

02/01/2022 - Ruqaiijah Yearby, Brietta Clark, and José F. Figuero - lock_open
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and amplified the harsh reality of health inequities experienced by racial and ethnic  minority... Read more

Improving Data on Race and Ethnicity: A Roadmap to Measure and Advance Health Equity

12/21/2021 - Grantmakers In Health (GIH) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) - lock_open
This Roadmap builds on an earlier report, Federal Action Is Needed to Improve Race and Ethnicity Data in Health Programs, in three critical... Read more

Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic

12/08/2021 - Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University - lock_open
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care... Read more

Supporting the Economic Security and Health of Older Women of Color

09/01/2021 - Justice in Aging - lock_open
From the introduction to this Issue Brief: Women of color confront systemic discrimination–on the basis of race, gender, and other... Read more

Perceptions of Unfair Treatment or Judgment Due to Race or Ethnicity in Five Settings (Brief)

08/09/2021 - Dulce Gonzalez, Genevieve M. Kenney, Marla McDaniel, Laura Skopec - lock_open
This paper looks at  the extent of perceptions of unfair treatment or judgment due to race and ethnicity across five domains during the... Read more

Most Adults Who Feel Treated or Judged Unfairly by Health Care Providers Report Adverse Consequences (Fact Sheet)

08/09/2021 - Laura Skopec, Dulce Gonzalez, Genevieve M. Kenney - lock_open
From the introduction to the report: Black and Hispanic/Latinx adults report experiencing discrimination when seeking health care at... Read more

Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics of Both Inpatients and Outpatients with Positive Testing for SARS-CoV-2

08/04/2021 - Jason H. Wasfy et al, Journal of General Internal Medicine - lock_open
From the article: Positive SARS-CoV-2 tests are highly correlated with race and poverty. Black and lower income patients tested positive... Read more

Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Health Care Coverage and Access 2-13-2019

06/09/2021 - Jesse C. Baumgartner, Sara R. Collins, and David C. Radley - lock_open
This Data Brief examines coverage/access inequities for Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults, with a focus on effects of Medicaid expansion on... Read more
Displaying 1 - 15 of 21

Study reveals bias in drug testing pregnant patients

04/17/2023 - Arielle Dreher - lock_open
Pregnant Black patients were drug tested more often than white patients before delivery, a JAMA Health Forum analysis of patients in a... Read more

How To Improve Race, Ethnicity, And Language Data And Disparities Interventions

09/14/2022 - Neil P. Rowen Brianna Van Stekelenburg Raman Nohria Robert S. Saunders Rebecca G. Whitaker - lock_open
Considerations for state-based, multi-stakeholder approaches to collect, validate, and share REL data with the ultimate goal of advancing... Read more

Health Equity Policy Framework

08/26/2022 - MA Public Health Association - lock_open
From the author: MPHA’s newly revised Health Equity Policy Framework, which guides our staff, Board, and Policy Council and helps us keep... Read more

States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity

07/19/2022 - Suzanne Wikle, Jennifer Wagner, Farah Erzouki, and Jennifer Sullivan - lock_open
Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, at over 80 million enrollees.2 Its numerous benefits to enrollees include... Read more

We Thought You’d Never Ask! Learning From Boston’s Black Community What Supports Its Health, Resilience & Wellbeing

06/02/2022 - Fenway Health and Black Boston COVID Coalition - lock_open
A report of key findings, voices that informed those findings, and powerful wtories shared by Boston’s Black community.  The report... Read more

Unequal Housing Conditions And Code Enforcement Contribute To Asthma Disparities In Boston, Massachusetts

04/01/2022 - Evan Lemire, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Wenyi Wang, and Adam Haber - lock_open
Housing quality is a primary determinant of asthma disparities by race and social class in the US. We sought to assess how housing code... Read more

The Racial Health and Wealth Gap Impact of Medical Debt on Black Families

03/12/2022 - Berneta L. Haynes, National Consumer Law Center - lock_open
A new report from the National Consumer Law Center that examines the intersection between the racial health gap and the racial wealth gap... Read more

Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy

02/01/2022 - Ruqaiijah Yearby, Brietta Clark, and José F. Figuero - lock_open
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and amplified the harsh reality of health inequities experienced by racial and ethnic  minority... Read more

Improving Data on Race and Ethnicity: A Roadmap to Measure and Advance Health Equity

12/21/2021 - Grantmakers In Health (GIH) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) - lock_open
This Roadmap builds on an earlier report, Federal Action Is Needed to Improve Race and Ethnicity Data in Health Programs, in three critical... Read more

Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic

12/08/2021 - Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University - lock_open
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care... Read more

Supporting the Economic Security and Health of Older Women of Color

09/01/2021 - Justice in Aging - lock_open
From the introduction to this Issue Brief: Women of color confront systemic discrimination–on the basis of race, gender, and other... Read more

Perceptions of Unfair Treatment or Judgment Due to Race or Ethnicity in Five Settings (Brief)

08/09/2021 - Dulce Gonzalez, Genevieve M. Kenney, Marla McDaniel, Laura Skopec - lock_open
This paper looks at  the extent of perceptions of unfair treatment or judgment due to race and ethnicity across five domains during the... Read more

Most Adults Who Feel Treated or Judged Unfairly by Health Care Providers Report Adverse Consequences (Fact Sheet)

08/09/2021 - Laura Skopec, Dulce Gonzalez, Genevieve M. Kenney - lock_open
From the introduction to the report: Black and Hispanic/Latinx adults report experiencing discrimination when seeking health care at... Read more

Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics of Both Inpatients and Outpatients with Positive Testing for SARS-CoV-2

08/04/2021 - Jason H. Wasfy et al, Journal of General Internal Medicine - lock_open
From the article: Positive SARS-CoV-2 tests are highly correlated with race and poverty. Black and lower income patients tested positive... Read more

Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Health Care Coverage and Access 2-13-2019

06/09/2021 - Jesse C. Baumgartner, Sara R. Collins, and David C. Radley - lock_open
This Data Brief examines coverage/access inequities for Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults, with a focus on effects of Medicaid expansion on... Read more