Xin Hu, PhD, MSPH, hypothesizes that these telemental health disparities could be driven by language barriers, historical mistrust, and systemic challenges. Despite the 12-fold relative increase in ...

This Verywell Health special report examines the latest research and initiatives aimed at addressing disparities in adult ...

I’ve experienced the reality of health disparities firsthand. Growing up in a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood in Boston during the 60s and 70s, my family didn’t have access, or, frankly, ...

Even when these issues are less of a factor, for example, among college-educated Black women, maternal health outcomes are still unequal. This points to deeper causes, such as chronic stress, the long ...

April 11 to 17 is Black Maternal Healthcare Week, an annual campaign founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to advocate ...

Anne N. Sosin ([email protected]), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song, Dartmouth College. Health equity efforts in rural places have grown in recent years; however, ...

Researchers conduct large-scale studies with diverse groups to better understand the genetic factors that influence health and disease. The Million Veteran Program (MVP), for example, includes people ...

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in ...

Black women have a higher rate of developing more aggressive tumors at earlier stages that often go mischaracterized. Despite ...