health equity

A community-led water-testing project made up of households that rely on private well water with high arsenic levels saw on average a 47 percent drop in participants’ urinary arsenic levels after filters were installed and a digital…

Dr. Joseph Zuckerman, Chairman at NYU Langone Orthopaedic Hospital and new advisor at Azra Care. Ugo Ihekweazu, MD, (pronounced e-heck-wa-zoo) is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon located in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ihekweazu, has…

Dementia is one of the leading causes of death in the United Kingdom, affecting not only patients, but also placing a significant burden on families, caregivers, and the health care system. In 2020 dementia was estimated to cost…

Background While breastfeeding rates have increased in the United States in recent years, racial and ethnic disparities persist. Telelactation may    help reduce disparities by increasing access to lactation consultants, but there is…

Where people live shapes their everyday experiences and may serve as a foundation to how and whether they access both public goods and private resources. Unequal allocation of neighborhood resources including but not limited to…

BackgroundShadow coaching, a type of one-on-one provider counseling by trained peers, is an effective strategy for improving provider behaviors and patient interactions, but its effects on improving patient experience for English- and…

Objective Assess whether hospital characteristics associated with better patient experiences overall are also associated with smaller racial-and-ethnic disparities in inpatient experience. Background Hospitals that are smaller,…

Achieving the standard of care, no matter the language or disability. ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 19, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Vidatak is proud to announce…

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to estimate long-term impacts of health education interventions on cardiometabolic health disparities.MethodsThe model simulates how health education implemented in the United States throughout 2019 to…

Study ObjectivesNeighborhood disadvantage is associated with poor sleep, which may contribute to and exacerbate racial and socioeconomic health disparities. Most prior work has been cross-sectional and thus it has not been possible to…

Title Enhancing Health Equity Through Patient-Centered Care: Updating Screening Forms in a Primary Care Setting Focus Area Medical Practice Transformation Abstract Background In healthcare, it is vital to understand patients’…

New York, NY, Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has honored Michael Sneed, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer, Johnson & Johnson (retired), …

Little is known on how community-based responses to planetary health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can integrate concerns about livelihoods, equity, health, wellbeing, and the environment. We used a translocal learning approach…

Quality measurement is an important tool for incentivizing improvement in the quality of health care. Most quality measurement efforts do not explicitly target health equity. Although some measurement approaches may intend to realign…

The U.S. has a severe shortage of psychiatrists, causing individuals with mental health disorders to turn to emergency departments. Over the past decade, the federal government has emphasized a multipronged strategy to bolster the…

BackgroundPhysician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) are commonly used for nursing home (NH) residents. Treatment orders differ across race and ethnicity, presumably related to cultural and socioeconomic variation and levels…

African immigrants (AI) are the fastest growing group of immigrants to the U.S. however, their health and health practices remains poorly characterized. Thus, this study aimed to describe the health profile of this under-described U.S.…

Real estate developers, property managers, and residents of Boston, MA, are benefitting from smoke-free efforts. Find out why smoke-free housing is a smart business decision that also aims to improve public health. Comments on this…