PDF-[READ]-Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions There is however increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care receivedIn Unequal Treatment a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities Patients and providers attitudes expectations and behavior are analyzedHow to intervene Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing allocation of care availability of language translation communitybased care and other arenas The committee highlights the potential of crosscultural education to improve providerpatient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate crosscultural learning within the health professions The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers administrators providers educators and students as well as advocates for people of color. 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Mind the Gap: How college health services can use assessment to identify health disparities, health inequities, and barriers to accessing care Susan R. Hochman University Health Services Learning Objectives 1Zixu HeBabson CollegeSociology of Health and MedicineKristen TzocApril 23rdTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND HEALTH2The relationship between ethnic disparities and healthAccess to quali In this Dr Sonuand Rev Dominique Gilliard Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliationdiscussthe racial disparities associated with COVID-19 They explore why these disparities are so glaringthe Racial and Ethnic Approaches to CommunityHealth REACHREACH is a national program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities REACH ook at Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., M.P.H.. Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received.In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients\' and providers\' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed.How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider?patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received.In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients\' and providers\' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed.How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider?patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color. Tamara J. Cadet, PhD., LICSW, MPH. Associate Professor. Simmons University School of Social Work. Learning Objectives. Grasp the significance of racial and ethnic health disparities and inequities. Understand why social work and public health social work (PHSW) practitioners need to address health disparities and inequities. September 18, 2020. Emphasis of Recommendations:. Addressing The Root Cause Of Racial Health Disparities. . Study the causes of racial disparities in the impact of COVID-19 and recommend actions to address such disparities . EXHIBIT 1. Notes: Scores are based on the percentile distribution of each group’s final composite z-score across all indicators/dimensions; rank-ordered by highest state performance for AANHPI population. Gray dots represent the highest score...