Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery — and are still believed by doctors today.
September 5, 2019
The excruciatingly painful medical experiments went on until his body was disfigured by a network of scars. John Brown, an enslaved…
Call for Manuscripts on Structural Racism/ Discrimination
September 5, 2019
NIMHD is sponsoring a special issue of Ethnicity & Disease, "Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities,"…
Trends in Racial/Ethnic Representation Among US Medical Students
September 5, 2019
In this cross-sectional study of self-reported race/ethnicity of US medical school matriculants from 2002 to 2017, numbers and proportions of…
Underserved populations with missing race ethnicity data differ significantly from those with structured race/ethnicity documentation
August 22, 2019
Structured EHR data for race and ethnicity are subject to data quality issues. Supplementing structured EHR race data with NLP-derived…
The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health
August 22, 2019
The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to addressing the factors that affect child and adolescent health with a focus…
AAP issues first policy on racism’s impact on child health and how to address it
August 22, 2019
The AAP has consistently taken a stand on issues that make some children and adolescents more vulnerable than others. Policy…
Challenges with quality of race and ethnicity data in observational databases
August 22, 2019
Race and ethnicity data are critical to support precision medicine initiatives and to determine healthcare disparities; however, the quality of…
Cancers leading cause of premature death in Brooklyn: NY-Presbyterian physicians
August 9, 2019
Dr. Erica Phillips, associate professor of Clinical Medicine and director of Community Outreach and Engagement, told a community round table…
Efficacy of a Technology-Enhanced Community Health Nursing Intervention vs Standard of Care for Female Adolescents and Young Adults With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
August 8, 2019
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common reproductive health problem associated with significant age and racial/ethnic health disparities.
Harnessing Digital Information to Improve Population Health
August 8, 2019
Health systems do not systematically collect information on social determinants of health (SDH) — the conditions in which people are…