Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Studies within the last couple decades have elucidated ongoing disparate treatment from health professionals, revealing racial biases. These racial biases have impacted the way in which treatments such as painkillers are prescribed and the rate at which diagnostic tests are given. [2]
The Tuskegee study was another prime example of health disparities among African Americans. [57] The study showed lack of medical treatment and discrimination among blacks. [57] African Americans find it difficult to participant in clinical trials due to lack of understanding and knowledge received by researchers. [58]
Due to the diversity of factors that often attribute to health disparities outcomes, interdisciplinary approaches are often implemented. [91] For instance, Donna L. Washington and colleagues emphasize the importance of applying theoretical frameworks to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.
Despite awareness of racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, recent policy and healthcare systems have hindered efforts to reduce Black maternal mortality. Many healthcare policies fail to address the unique challenges Black women face. For example, Medicaid, which funds 42% of births in the United States, often limits postpartum ...
Illinois launches ARISE program and cultural bias training to address racial health disparities post COVID-19 ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.
The report said: “A target for eliminating the disparity between black and other minority ethnic women and white women, and the related disparity between those living in the most and least ...
A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind... View Article The post AP Analysis: Racial disparity seen in US ...
The information health care providers share and how that information is presented affects the autonomy and decision-making of birthing women. [12] Proposed interventions to reduce racial disparities in maternal health outcomes target changes at individual, health care system, and health care policy levels. [1]