Can mHealth Interventions Reduce Health Disparities among Vulnerable Populations?

Community coalition-driven interventions to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations.

BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic disparities in health status are pervasive at all stages of the life cycle. One approach to reducing health disparities involves mobilizing community coalitions that include representatives of target populations to plan and implement interventions for community level change. A systematic examination of coalition-led interventions is needed to inform decision making ...

Prevalence of and Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities in Vulnerable Veteran Populations: A Map of the Evidence

Interventions to Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

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Needed Interventions to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health.

Large racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in health persist in the United States. Eliminating these health disparities is a public health challenge of our time. This article addresses what is needed for social and behavioral interventions to be successful. We draw on important insights for reducing social inequalities in health that David Mechanic articulated more than a de...

Health disparities among highly vulnerable populations in the United States: a call to action for medical and oral health care

Healthcare in the United States (US) is burdened with enormous healthcare disparities associated with a variety of factors including insurance status, income, and race. Highly vulnerable populations, classified as those with complex medical problems and/or social needs, are one of the fastest growing segments within the US. Over a decade ago, the US Surgeon General publically challenged the nat...