scholarly journals Hospitals Turn to Community Partnerships to Improve Health Equity

Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-708
Author(s):  
Bridget M. Kuehn
1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Boex ◽  
Judith Cooksey ◽  
Thomas Inui

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Jooma ◽  
Michael J. Hahn ◽  
Lucia A. Hindorff ◽  
Vence L. Bonham

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.


2021 ◽  
pp. 101620
Author(s):  
Chelsey R. Schlechter ◽  
Guilherme Del Fiol ◽  
Cho Y. Lam ◽  
Maria E. Fernandez ◽  
Tom Greene ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney L. McNamara

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.


Author(s):  
Pearl A. McElfish ◽  
Rachel S. Purvis ◽  
Sheldon Riklon ◽  
Seiji Yamada

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.


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