Purpose: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been shown to improve functional status, quality of
life, and recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Despite its demonstrated …

Introduction Dealing with intercultural communicative barriers in European countries'
national health services is an increasing and necessary challenge to guarantee migrant …

Background Cultural competence is considered a core qualification for dealing with socio-
cultural diversity and balancing disparities in health care. Objectives To explore features …

Background Approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide face barriers in accessing inclusive
healthcare due to disabilities, leading to worse health outcomes, particularly in low and …

Methods: Using secondary data from three sources—the American Hospital Association
Annual Survey, the Health Care Cost Information System, and the Area Health Resource …

Research indicates that refugee and immigrant youth commonly face four core stressors
during resettlement in a new country and culture: trauma, acculturative stress, resettlement …

This is an analysis of important aspects of health equity in caring for children and
adolescents written by a multidisciplinary team from different medical centers. In this …

Background The ability of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) to reduce mental
health disparities relies on the recruitment of research participants with diverse …

The sexual health of Black women has been compromised by racial and discriminatory
healthcare practices from slavery through current medical and institutional barriers to care …

Objective To understand and describe mechanisms influencing social inequality in cancer
communication between patients, companions and healthcare professionals. Methods The …