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Journals & Publications

Journals & Publications

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals:

Selected Publications:

  • 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Presents trends for measures related to access to care, affordable care, care coordination, effective treatment, healthy living, patient safety, and person-centered care. The report presents, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to healthcare, as well as disparities related to race and ethnicity, income, and other social determinants of health.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2024).  2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.
https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr23/index.html

  • Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts 2021 Designed for physicians and other health care professionals, this publication provides guidance and promotes a deeper understanding of equity-focused, person-first language and why it matters. The AAMC Center for Health Justice and the American Medical Association co-developed this comprehensive health equity communication guide to support physicians’ conversations with patients. Contains a glossary of key terms.

American Medical Association. (2021). Advancing health equity: A guide to language, narrative and concepts 2021. American Medical Association, AAMC Center for Health Justice. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-aamc-equity-guide.pdf

Radley. D. C. Shah, A., Collins. S. R., Powe, N. R., Zephyrin, L. C. (2024). Advancing racial equity in U.S. health care: The Commonwealth Fund 2024 state health disparities report. Commonwealth Fund. https://doi.org/10.26099/vw02-fa96

Artiga, S. Hinton, E. (2018). Beyond health care: The role of social determinants in promoting health and health equity. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/

NCI Surveillance Research Program (SRP). (n.d.) Cancer Disparities: Cancer Stat Facts. Retrieved May 31, 2024 ,from https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/disparities.html

Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network. (n.d.). Cultural competence in health and human services. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://npin.cdc.gov/pages/cultural-competence#what

Ndugga, N. & Artiga, S. (2023). Disparities in health and health care: 5 key questions and answers. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved August 7, 2024, from https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-5-key-question-and-answers/

Madeline Guth, M., Artiga, S., Pham, O. (September 30, 2020). Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Racial Disparities in Health and Health Care. Kaiser Family Foundation. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/effects-of-the-aca-medicaid-expansion-on-racial-disparities-in-health-and-health-care/ 

  • Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication From CDC. Emphasizes the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully. These principles are intended to help public health professionals, particularly health communicators, within and outside of CDC ensure their communication products and strategies adapt to the specific cultural, linguistic, environmental, and historical situation of each population or audience of focus.

CDC. (n.d). Health equity guiding principles for inclusive communication | Gateway to Health Communication. Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved July 20, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/Health_Equity.html

Kaiser Family Foundation. (n.d.). How history has shaped racial and ethnic health disparities A timeline of policies and events. https://www.kff.org/how-history-has-shaped-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-a-timeline-of-policies-and-events/?entry=1808-to-1890-federal-indian-boarding-schools

  • HRSA Health Equity Report 2019-2020 A comprehensive analysis of Health Resources and Services Administration program efforts in reducing health disparities and promoting health equity for various populations at the national, state, and local levels. Includes a special feature on housing and health inequalities in the United States, and shows the impact of housing status and housing conditions on population health and health equity.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Health Equity. (2020). Health equity report 2019-2020: Special feature on housing and health inequalities. 2020. https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/health-equity/HRSA-health-equity-report.pdf

Butler, M., McCreedy, E., Schwer, N., Burgess, D., Call, K., Przedworski, J., Rosser, S., Larson, S., Allen, M., Fu, S., & Kane, R. L. (2016). Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 170). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27148614/

Dwyer-Lindgren, Kendrick, P., Kelly, Y. O., Sylte, D. O., Schmidt, C., Blacker, B. F., Daoud, F., Abdi, A. A., Baumann, M., Mouhanna, F., Kahn, E., Hay, S. I., Mensah, G. A., Nápoles, A.,M., Pérez-Stable, E.,J., Shiels, M., Freedman, N., Arias, E., George, S. A., Murrqay, D. M., Phillips, J. W. R.,Spittel, M. L., Murray, C. J. L., & Mokdad, A. H. (2022). Life expectancy by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: A systematic analysis of health disparities. The Lancet, (400)10345, 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00876-5

Brennan Ramirez, L. K ., Baker, E. A., & Metzler, M. (2008). Promoting health equity: A resource to help communities address social determinants of health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11130/