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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024

Health Equity and Policy Considerations for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care among Minoritized Populations in the United States.

Keila N Lopez, Kiona Y Allen, Carissa M Baker-Smith, Katia Bravo-Jaimes, Joseph Burns, Bianca Cherestal, Jason F Deen, Brittany K Hills, Jennifer H Huang, Ramiro W Lizano Santamaria and 8 more

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Global inequity in pediatric and congenital heart care-is it economics or inertia?Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Keila N LopezTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Kiona Y AllenAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1320-8017
Carissa M Baker-SmithCenter for Cardiovascular Research and Innovation, Nemours Cardiac Center, Nemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7528-1586
Katia Bravo-JaimesDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7745-7162
Joseph BurnsTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Bianca CherestalWard Family Heart Center, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6706-6168
Jason F DeenDepartment of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
Brittany K HillsDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, UT Southwestern, Children's Health, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5697-7273
Jennifer H HuangDoernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Ramiro W Lizano SantamariaCardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Carlos A LodeiroTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Valentina MeloTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jasmine S MorenoTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Flora Nuñez GallegosDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Harris OnughaTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Tony A PastorDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Michelle C WallaceDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Deidra A AnsahTexas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achieving health equity in populations with congenital heart disease (CHD) requires recognizing existing disparities throughout the lifespan that negatively and disproportionately impact specific groups of individuals. These disparities occur at individual, institutional, or system levels and often result in increased morbidity and mortality for marginalized or racially minoritized populations (population subgroups (e.g., ethnic, racial, social, religious) with differential power compared to those deemed to hold the majority power in the population). Creating actionable strategies and solutions to address these health disparities in patients with CHD requires critically examining multilevel factors and health policies that continue to drive health inequities, including varying social determinants of health (SDOH), systemic inequities, and structural racism. In this comprehensive review article, we focus on health equity solutions and health policy considerations for minoritized and marginalized populations with CHD throughout their lifespan in the United States. We review unique challenges that these populations may face and strategies for mitigating disparities in lifelong CHD care. We assess ways to deliver culturally competent CHD care and to help lower-health-literacy populations navigate CHD care. Finally, we review system-level health policies that impact reimbursement and research funding, as well as institutional policies that impact leadership diversity and representation in the workforce.

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congenital heart diseasehealth equityhealth policystructural racismunderrepresented minority in medicine

Identifiers

PMID38392250
PMCPMC10888593

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