Abstract The Endocrine Society recognizes racism as a root cause of the health disparities
that affect racial/ethnic minority communities in the United States and throughout the world …

As endocrinologists we have focused on biological contributors to disparities in diabetes,
obesity and other endocrine disorders. Given that diabetes is an exemplar health disparity …

The World Health Organization defines equity as the absence of avoidable, unfair, or
remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially …

Objective: The aim was to provide a scholarly review of the published literature on
biological, clinical, and nonclinical contributors to race/ethnic and sex disparities in …

Endocrine care of pediatric and adult patients continues to be plagued by health and health
care disparities that are perpetuated by the basic structures of our health systems and …

Unacceptable healthcare disparities in endocrine disease have persisted for decades, and
2021 presents a difficult evolving environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the …

Racial disparities in health-care access, quality and outcomes are pervasive and persistent.
Racism is a fundamental driver of racial disparities. Individuals and institutions in the health …

Over the past several years, in both clinical and academic medicine, there seems to be a
growing consensus that racial/ethnic health inequities result from social, economic and …

The causes of racial and ethnic inequalities in health and the most appropriate categories to
use to address health inequality have been the subject of heated debate in recent years. At …

Health disparities in diabetes and its complications and comorbidities exist globally. A recent
Endocrine Society Scientific Statement described the Health Disparities in several endocrine …