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ArticleEthnicity & disease2019

Applying a Health Equity Lens to Evaluate and Inform Policy.

Megan D Douglas, Robina Josiah Willock, Ebony Respress, Latrice Rollins, Derrick Tabor, Harry J Heiman, Jammie Hopkins, Daniel E Dawes, Kisha B Holden

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Article in Ethnicity & disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Megan D DouglasNational Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Robina Josiah WillockDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Ebony RespressSatcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Latrice RollinsDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Derrick TaborNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Washington, DC.
Harry J HeimanSchool of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Jammie HopkinsDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Daniel E DawesH. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Kisha B HoldenSatcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

Funding

TCC for Health Disparties: Informing & Influencing Health Policy and PracticeU54MD008173 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SATCHER, DAVID · 2012 to 2016
$13.4M
Renewal Application for Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECDR25MD007589 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI PRISCILLA E PEMU, Alexander Quarshie · 2012 to 2026
$5.4M
NIMHD NIH HHS R25 MD007589NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD008173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health disparities have persisted despite decades of efforts to eliminate them at the national, regional, state and local levels. Policies have been a driving force in creating and exacerbating health disparities, but they can also play a major role in eliminating disparities. Research evidence and input from affected community-level stakeholders are critical components of evidence-based health policy that will advance health equity. The Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC) for Health Disparities Research at Morehouse School of Medicine consists of five subprojects focused on studying and informing health equity policy related to maternal-child health, mental health, health information technology, diabetes, and leadership/workforce development. This article describes a "health equity lens" as defined, operationalized and applied by the TCC to inform health policy development, implementation, and analysis. Prioritizing health equity in laws and organizational policies provides an upstream foundation for ensuring that the laws are implemented at the midstream and downstream levels to advance health equity.

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LeadershipPolicy MakingHealth EquityHealth PolicyHumansUnited StatesHealth DisparitiesHealth EquityPolicyTransdisciplinary

Identifiers

PMID31308601
PMCPMC6604770

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