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Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare

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“Reduction of health disparities and advancement of health equity in the United States require high-quality data indicative of where the nation stands vis-à-vis health equity, as well as proper analytic tools to facilitate accurate interpretation of these data.Although much is understood about the role of social determinants of health in shaping the health of populations, researchers should continue to advance understanding of the pathways through which they operate on particular health outcomes. There is still much to learn and implement about how to measure health disparities, health inequities, and social determinants of health at the national level, and the challenges of health equity persist.”

Penman-Aguilar A, Talih M, Huang D, Moonesinghe R, Bouye K, Beckles G. Measurement of Health Disparities, Health Inequities, and Social Determinants of Health to Support the Advancement of Health Equity. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Jan-Feb;22 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S33-42.

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What is health equity and how can it be achieved?

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“Understanding the drivers of differences in outcomes requires understanding social determinants of health.These determinants include economic stability (such as a living wage, adequate housing, and transportation)literacy including numerical and cultural literacy,adequate access to healthy food, social support, and finally access to care.”
Carlos, Ruth C, and Efren J Flores. “Health Equity.” Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 16.4 Pt B (2019): 539-41. Print.
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What are the various cultural beliefs and practices among minority groups regarding cancer prevention?

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From Lott, B. et al. (Reference below)

“Minority youth represent a unique population for public health interventions given the social, economic, and cultural barriers they often face in accessing health services. Interventions to increase uptake of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in minority youth have the potential to reduce disparities in HPV infection and HPV-related cancers.

Some studies have found that Black, His-panic, and Asian adolescents were more likely to initiate the HPV vaccine series than their white counterparts, however, were less likely to complete the series

Documented barriers to HPV vaccination of minority youth include knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among parents, geographic location, distance to vaccination centers,immigrant or foreign-born status, acculturation levels, socioeconomic status, insurance status, and high cost of the vaccine”

Lott, B., Okusanya, B., Anderson, E., Kram, N., Rodriguez, M., Thomson, C., . . . Ehiri, J. (n.d.). Interventions to increase uptake of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in minority populations: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine Reports., 19, 101163.

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