This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with ...

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CHICAGO — Health equity is about fair and just care for everyone, and there’s no quality in healthcare without equity, Jillian Rose-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW, vice president and chief equity officer at ...

Residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with higher likelihood of being a high-cost utilizer among older adults and lower likelihood among younger adults. Objectives: To assess ...

Health inequalities are unjust and preventable differences in health between groups in society. No group is homogeneous, and individual experiences will be shaped by the ways in which a range of ...

This year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focusing on human, territorial, and planetary health. The Permanent Forum is in its 22nd session. A recent report, “Indigenous ...

The settings in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age are known as social determinants of health or SDOH. These non-medical elements influence a wide range of health, functional, and ...

As a psychiatrist working with marginalized and underserved individuals, I see firsthand how poverty impacts health and timely access to healthcare. How can we treat depression in a patient who ...

Food insecurity, low household income and not having private health insurance are associated with higher rates of prediabetes in adolescents, independent of race and ethnicity, according to a new JAMA ...