Call to action: structural racism as a fundamental driver of health disparities: a presidential advisory from the American Heart Association

K Churchwell, MSV Elkind, RM Benjamin, AP Carson… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Structural racism has been and remains a fundamental cause of persistent health disparities
in the United States. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the police …

Public policy and health in the Trump era

S Woolhandler, DU Himmelstein, S Ahmed, Z Bailey… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary This report by the Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the
Trump Era assesses the repercussions of President Donald Trump's health-related policies …

The Problem Of The Color Line: Spatial Access To Hospital Services For Minoritized Racial And Ethnic Groups: Study examines spatial access to hospital services for …

JM Eberth, P Hung, GA Benavidez, JC Probst… - Health …, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
Examining how spatial access to health care varies across geography is key to documenting
structural inequalities in the United States. In this article and the accompanying StoryMap …

Racism and the political economy of COVID-19: will we continue to resurrect the past?

ZD Bailey, JR Moon - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and …, 2020 - read.dukeupress.edu
COVID-19 is not spreading over a level playing field; structural racism is embedded within
the fabric of American culture, infrastructure investments, and public policy and …

The intersection of rural residence and minority race/ethnicity in cancer disparities in the United States

WE Zahnd, C Murphy, M Knoll, GA Benavidez… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
One in every twenty-five persons in America is a racial/ethnic minority who lives in a rural
area. Our objective was to summarize how racism and, subsequently, the social …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19, obesity, and structural racism: understanding the past and identifying solutions for the future

SN Bleich, JD Ard - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Long-standing systemic inequalities—fueling unequal access to critical resources such as
healthcare, housing, education, and employment opportunities—are largely responsible for …

Use of race in kidney research and medicine: concepts, principles, and practice

D Mohottige, LE Boulware, CL Ford… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Black Americans and other racially and ethnically minoritized individuals are
disproportionately burdened by higher morbidity and mortality from kidney disease when …

Structural racism, place, and COVID-19: a narrative review describing how we prepare for an endemic COVID-19 future

LV Estrada, JL Levasseur, A Maxim, GA Benavidez… - Health …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Place is a social determinant of health, as recently evidenced by COVID-19.
Previous literature surrounding health disparities in the United States often fails to …

Supreme Court cases on affirmative action threaten diversity in medicine

DG Aaron, SS Bajaj… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
During the Supreme Court oral arguments about affirmative action in October 2022, Justice
Elena Kagan asked,“[I] f you're a hospital and you serve a diverse group of patients, is it …

[HTML][HTML] Segregated patterns of hospital care delivery and health outcomes

SC Lin, G Hammond, M Esposito, C Majewski… - JAMA Health …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Residential segregation has been shown to be a root cause of racial inequities
in health outcomes, yet little is known about current patterns of racial segregation in where …