scholarly journals Access to Healthcare and Health Disparities

Author(s):  
Chiyoe Murata ◽  
Katsunori Kondo

The solutions to end health disparities are complex and involve introspection and confrontation with one's own perceived beliefs about our fellow human beings who are of a different socioeconomic status, sex, religion, age, gender, and physical appearance than ourselves. No person, even if of the same skin color and culture, is the same. Hence, the solution to health disparities is the societal decision to hold accountable those who harm others by withholding health information and treatment that can sustain and prolong life. The value of all human lives is priceless. Hence, access to healthcare and quality evidenced-based care is a right for all.


2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 151-158
Author(s):  
Scott Burris
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Author(s):  
Charles Ellis ◽  
Molly Jacobs

Health disparities have once again moved to the forefront of America's consciousness with the recent significant observation of dramatically higher death rates among African Americans with COVID-19 when compared to White Americans. Health disparities have a long history in the United States, yet little consideration has been given to their impact on the clinical outcomes in the rehabilitative health professions such as speech-language pathology/audiology (SLP/A). Consequently, it is unclear how the absence of a careful examination of health disparities in fields like SLP/A impacts the clinical outcomes desired or achieved. The purpose of this tutorial is to examine the issue of health disparities in relationship to SLP/A. This tutorial includes operational definitions related to health disparities and a review of the social determinants of health that are the underlying cause of such disparities. The tutorial concludes with a discussion of potential directions for the study of health disparities in SLP/A to identify strategies to close the disparity gap in health-related outcomes that currently exists.


PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vetta L. Sanders Thompson
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2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Tyler Lefevor ◽  
Caroline C. Boyd-Rogers ◽  
Brianna M. Sprague ◽  
Rebecca A. Janis

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