Background Health inequities are major predictors of poor health and remain a complex and
persistent challenge globally and in the United States. Research has documented the …

Authored by highly respected nurse educators, leaders, and scholars, this text focuses on
the power of nurses and how they can make substantial contributions to improve the health …

This article highlights selected components of the National Institute of Nursing Research's
(NINR) Strategic Plan on Reducing Health Disparities. Building on its long history of …

Background Health equity is essential for improving the well-being of all individuals and
groups, and research remains a critical element for understanding barriers to health equity …

Advances in technologies including omics, apps, imaging, sensors, and big data are
increasingly being integrated into research by nurse scientists, but the impact on improving …

Background Social and structural determinants of health play a large role in health
inequities. Purpose To highlight how nursing science can be used to advance policy and …

Racism, ethnocentrism, segregation, stereotyping, and classism are tightly linked to health
equity and social determinants of health. They lead to lack of power, money, resources, and …

IntroductionEfforts to address health disparities and achieve health equity are critically
dependent on the development of a diverse research workforce. However, many …

Health equity is an aspirational goal for health outcomes that can be achieved when
systemic inequalities are addressed. The human cost of health inequities is without number; …

The war on the elimination of health disparities is a complex, persistent, and long-term
commitment to ensure that all Americans have equitable access to the contributors of good …