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This disparity is largely due to genetics, high obesity rates, and socioeconomic factors. Complications from diabetes, like kidney disease, are also more common among Black people. Efforts to ...
Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, talks about health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions in clinical ...
Racial bias fuels healthcare disparities. Unconscious bias meets algorithms. Black communities disproportionately affected. Sustainable healthcare changes. When we seek medical care, we all hope ...
By the passage of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act, NIMHD was established in 2000 as an NIH center with the initial title of National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD). It became a full institute, with its present name, on September 13, 2010, under the Affordable Care Act.
Research shows many health disparities among different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Different outcomes in mental and physical health exist between all U.S. Census-recognized racial groups, but these differences stem from different historical and current factors, including genetics, socioeconomic factors, and racism.
Data from the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2021 showed that only 5.08% of the psychology workforce was Black — as opposed to 80.85% being white. According to Owoo, this disparity ...
Murphy's experience highlights the impact that geography has on health care challenges faced by minorities. Nearly 70% of the residents of Perry County are African American. More than 40% live in ...
Chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease are among the top health problems in the U.S., but all Americans don't share this burden equally. Minorities, including Black ...