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ArticleMedical care2014

Parallel tracks: reflections on the need for collaborative health disparities research on race/ethnicity and disability.

Tawara D Goode, Olivia D Carter-Pokras, Willi Horner-Johnson, Silvia Yee

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Article in Medical care, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The experiences of minority language users in health and social care research: A systematic review.The International journal of health planning and management · 2025
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  2. Toward Equity in Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tawara D Goode*National Center for Cultural Competence, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC †Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, MD ‡Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR §Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley, CA.
Olivia D Carter-Pokras
Willi Horner-Johnson
Silvia Yee

Funding

Cooperative Agreement for a Nat'l Research & Training Org for People with DevelopU01DD000231 · DD · ASSN OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS/ DISABILITIES · PI JESIEN, GEORGE S. · 2007 to 2012
$16.8M
MARYLAND POPULATION RESEARCH CENTERR24HD041041 · NICHD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI RENDALL, MICHAEL S. · 2001 to 2016
$6.6M
National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals Annual MR13MD006056 · NIMHD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI CARTER-POKRAS, OLIVIA DENISE · 2010 to 2014
$174k
NCBDD CDC HHS U01 DD000231NCBDD CDC HHS U01DD000231NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD041041NIMHD NIH HHS 2R13MD00605NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD000605NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD005656NIMHD NIH HHS R13 MD006056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public policy driving health disparities research has overwhelmingly focused on racial and ethnic populations other than non-Hispanic whites; these groups have historically been and continue to be disproportionately impacted by health disparities. Only recently has public policy focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities as a distinct health disparities population. These 2 areas of research have traveled parallel paths with little recognition of the health disparities that affect people at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and disability. This commentary reflects on the history, foci, and current status of these 2 separate tracks of health disparities research. We conclude the commentary with suggestions for merging the 2 tracks to develop research that addresses both disability as well as race and ethnicity.

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EthnicityHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services ResearchPersons with DisabilitiesPublic PolicyRacial GroupsCooperative BehaviorHumansResearch DesignUnited States

Identifiers

PMID25215917
PMCPMC4166530

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