Stat! An Action Plan for Replacing the Broken System of Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine
Above: Dr. Kristel Carrington and Dr. Forrester Lee are pictured in the cathe
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A Call to Strengthen Mental Health Supports for Refugee Children and Youth
A refugee is someone who has fled from his or her home country and cannot return because he or she has a well-founded f
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The Health Care Career Pipeline: A Program Director’s Reflection on Extending the Resources of the University to the Minority Student Community
A journey that begins with a single aspiration to pursue a
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Health, Equity and the Narrative of Place
Racism affects health through both direct means (for example, the chronic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and associated stress hormones,
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An American Crisis: The Lack of Black Men in Medicine
This paper originally appeared in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2017) 4:317-321. Reprinted by permission. The current
Read MoreHealth Inequities, Social Determinants, and Intersectionality
Abstract In this essay, we focus on the potential and promise that intersectionality holds as a lens for studying the social determinants of
Read MoreExpulsion and Suspension in Early Education as Matters of Social Justice and Health Equity
Scientists have a central role in addressing the challenges that face society. The primary purpose of research
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Health Literacy in Dentistry and Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives
In this paper we discuss the importance of the efforts of community health representatives (CHRs) to improve general heal
Read MoreBuilding a Culture of Health Equity at the Federal Level
“Health disparities are the physical embodiment of inequity in opportunities. And these inequities in opportunity have been socially created, wh
Read MoreBeyond Translation: Promoting a New National Standard for Equity in Health Materials Translated from English
As of 2011, 25.3 million people in the United States had limited English pr
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