Dissecting liver tumor heterogeneity to improve health equity

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lichun Ma ◽  
Xin Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Health Equity ◽  
Liver Tumor ◽  
Tumor Heterogeneity ◽  
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scholarly journals Defining and Achieving Health Equity in Genomic Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Jooma ◽  
Michael J. Hahn ◽  
Lucia A. Hindorff ◽  
Vence L. Bonham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Genomic Medicine ◽  
Genomic Research ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
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The potential of genomics to improve health comes with the peril that the benefits will not be equitably available to all populations. Existing health disparities can be exacer­bated if the implementation of genomic medicine does not intentionally focus on health equity. Defining what health equity means in the context of genomics and outlining how it can be achieved is impor­tant for the future of the field. Strategies to improve health equity include addressing underrepresentation of diverse popula­tions in genomic research, investigating how genomic services can be deployed in diverse health care settings and underserved communities, increasing workforce diversity, supporting infrastructure development out­side traditional research centers, and engag­ing communities and health care providers. By employing these strategies, the genomic research community can advance health equity in genomic medicine. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(Suppl 1):173-178; doi:10.18865/ed.29.S1.173.

scholarly journals Application of Community – Engaged Dissemination and Implementation Science to Improve Health Equity

2021 ◽  
pp. 101620
Author(s):  
Chelsey R. Schlechter ◽  
Guilherme Del Fiol ◽  
Cho Y. Lam ◽  
Maria E. Fernandez ◽  
Tom Greene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Science ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation Science ◽  
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Relieving the tension between national health equity strategies and global health equity

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney L. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Global Political Economy ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Global Health Equity ◽  
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Globally, numerous national strategies have taken aim at reducing health inequities. An ever-present tension characterizing these strategies, however, is their lack of attention to the global political economy. This commentary argues that national policies which target only domestic factors (without engaging with the global political economy) will be limited, both, in their ability to address national levels of health equity and the larger global health inequity problem. Meaningful proposals to reduce health inequities have been made that take into account a global political economy perspective. National health equity strategies could provide the lacking momentum to advance such proposals, but will require united and sustained advocacy by global health and health equity scholars. Ultimately, relieving the tension between national health equity commitments and global health equity concerns could be one of the new approaches needed to improve health equity worldwide.

scholarly journals Compact of Free Association Migrants and Health Insurance Policies: Barriers and Solutions to Improve Health Equity

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 004695801989478
Author(s):  
Pearl A. McElfish ◽  
Rachel S. Purvis ◽  
Sheldon Riklon ◽  
Seiji Yamada
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Free Association ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
The Republic ◽  
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This commentary outlines the health insurance disparities of Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants living in the United States. Compact of Free Association migrants are citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau who can live, work, and study in the United States without a visa. Compact of Free Association migrants make up a significant proportion of the rapidly growing Pacific Islander population in the United States. This article describes the historical and current relationships between the United States and the Compact nations and examines national policy barriers constraining health insurance access for COFA migrants. In addition, the commentary describes the state-level health policies of Arkansas, Hawai’i, and Oregon, which are the states where the majority of COFA migrants reside. Finally, policy recommendations are provided to improve health equity for COFA migrants.

scholarly journals Recommendations for improving national clinical datasets for health equity research

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1802-1807
Author(s):  
Rebecca G Block ◽  
Jon Puro ◽  
Erika Cottrell ◽  
Mitchell R Lunn ◽  
M J Dunne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Healthcare Disparities ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Equity Research ◽  
Health Equity Research ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
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Abstract Health and healthcare disparities continue despite clinical, research, and policy efforts. Large clinical datasets may not contain data relevant to healthcare disparities and leveraging these for research may be crucial to improve health equity. The Health Disparities Collaborative Research Group was commissioned by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to examine the data science needs for quality and complete data and provide recommendations for improving data science around health disparities. The group convened content experts, researchers, clinicians, and patients to produce these recommendations and suggestions for implementation. Our desire was to produce recommendations to improve the usability of healthcare datasets for health equity research. The recommendations are summarized in 3 primary domains: patient voice, accurate variables, and data linkage. The implementation of these recommendations in national datasets has the potential to accelerate health disparities research and promote efforts to reduce health inequities.

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