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Health Disparities
"Health disparities are the preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations" (Center for Disease Control [CDC], 2008).
This curated guide pulls together resources from Lane Medical Library, Stanford Libraries and other campus resources, in addition to government resources on health disparities. For a comprehensive list of resources on health disparities, search Lane for "health disparities".
References
Center for Disease Control. (2008) Community Health and Program Services (CHAPS): Health Disparities Among Racial/Ethnic Populations. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Resources
Communities in Action by Publication Date: 2017Seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Environmental Health Disparities by ISBN: 9781634842112Publication Date: 2016A body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities. Each project was developed by the students to "break the cycle" of social, economic and environmental health disparities
Fragmented Democracy by Publication Date: 2018Jamila Michener demonstrates the consequences of such disparities for democratic citizenship. Unpacking how federalism transforms Medicaid beneficiaries' interpretations of government and structures their participation in politics, the book examines American democracy from the vantage point(s) of those who are living in or near poverty, (disproportionately) Black or Latino, and reliant on a federated government for vital resources.
Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities by Publication Date: 2014Minority status in the United States often accompanies diminished access to education, employment, and subsequently health care. This volume explores factors that have contributed to health disparities among racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities.
Health Care Disparities and the LGBT Population by Publication Date: 2014Fills an important gap in health communication, exploring the significant disparities in access to health care and health coverage that LGBT individuals and their families face. With cutting-edge empirical research, the essays examine the social and structural factors that lead to the stigma and discrimination that LGBT populations experience.
Health Disparities by Publication Date: 2019This uniquely accessible volume challenges professionals to understand—and help correct—health disparities, both at the patient level and in their larger social contexts. Dedicated to eradicating this ongoing injustice, contributors focus on marginalized populations, the role of healthcare systems in perpetuating inequities, the need for deeper engagement and listening by professionals, and the need for advocacy within professional education and the political/policy arena.
Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine by Publication Date: 2015Discusses health disparities in respiratory medicine and suggests methods to reduce them. In the United States, health disparities are well documented in the care of patients with respiratory disorders, particularly among minorities who often have higher rates of disease and poorer health outcomes.
Mapping Race by Publication Date: 2013This landmark collection argues for the recognition of those implications for research and suggests ways in which they may be integrated into future scientific endeavors. It concludes on a prescriptive note, providing an arsenal of multidisciplinary, conceptual, and methodological tools for studying race specifically within the context of health inequalities.
National Health Inequality Monitoring by Publication Date: 2017This manual serves as a step-by-step practical reference to support countries in building capacity for integrating health inequality monitoring into their health information systems. It presents a range of World Health Organization tools and resources developed for measuring and reporting health inequality.
Unequal Treatment by Publication Date: 2002Racial 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.
Growing Inequality by Publication Date: 2017Growing evidence indicates that no single factor—but a system of intertwined causes—explains why America’s health is poorer than the health of other wealthy countries and why health inequities persist despite our efforts. Teasing apart the relationships between these many causes to find solutions has proven extraordinarily difficult.
Health Disparities in the United States by Publication Date: 2019Explores how socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact with socioeconomic inequality to create and perpetuate these health disparities. Examining the significance of this gulf for the medical community, cultural subsets, and society at large, Barr offers potential policy- and physician-based solutions for reducing health inequity in the long term.
- Health EquityThe peer-reviewed open access journal that meets the urgent need for authoritative information about health disparities and health equity among vulnerable populations.
- Journal of Health Disparities Research and PracticeExplores the dimensions of health disparities globally; invites submission of original manuscripts from researchers, public health, behavioral health, clinical,and social science experts and practitioner that seek to continue the discussion of health disparities in order to eradicate them.
- Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health DisparitiesReports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity. Efforts to explore underlying causes of health disparities and to describe interventions that have been undertaken to address racial and ethnic health disparities are featured.
- Public Health ActionA quarterly open access on-line journal, provides a platform for its mission 'Health solutions for the poor'. The journal addresses the need for show-casing operational research that addresses issues in health systems and services. It publishes high-quality scientific research that provides new knowledge to improve access, equity, quality and efficiency of health systems and services.
- Society, Health & VulnerabilityAims to contribute to our understanding of vulnerability and marginalization in society in light of health-related factors. The journal provides a multi-disciplinary publication outlet for research on vulnerability in the context of health and its relationship to working life conditions, family, social status, socio-economic status, social situation and other factors.
- CDC - Office of Minority Health & Health DisparitiesInformation about student programs, conversations in equity, minority health events, public health practice, CDC Health Disparities & Inequaliities Report, and more.
- HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health DisparitiesA booklet for a nation free of disparities in health and health care.
- How are income and wealth linked to health and longevity?The greater one’s income, the lower one’s likelihood of disease and premature death. Americans at all income levels are less healthy than those with higher incomes. Not only is income associated with better health, but wealth affects health as well.
- National Institutes of Health - Office of Research on Women's HealthResources on women's health research, sex & gender, science policy, career development and more.
- OMH Minority populations health statisticsProfiles provide detailed demographic, language fluency (where relevant), education, economic, insurance coverage and health status information, as well as full census reports.
- Reaching for Health Equity - Selected CDC Sponsored Interventions, United StatesCollection of successful interventions to reduce health disparities, strategies for reducing health disparities, interventions, addressing health disparities with the aim of advancing health equity, and more.