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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2026

An Evolving Definition of Underserved Populations in Headache Medicine.

Angeliki Vgontzas, Jessica Kiarashi, Teshamae S Monteith

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Angeliki VgontzasDepartment of Neurology, Graham Headache Center, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1153 Centre St. Suite 4H, Boston, 02130, MA, USA. avgontzas@bwh.harvard.edu.
Jessica KiarashiUT Southwestern Department of Neurology, Dallas, TX, USA.
Teshamae S MonteithDepartment of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, Headache Division, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo provide a working definition of underserved populations in headache medicine for use in clinical and research settings. RECENT

findingsPrior research has identified disparities in headache care access, disease prevalence and burden in US populations by geographic location, poverty or disability status and for members of racial, ethnic or sexual and gender minority groups, or vulnerable groups such as new migrants. Research studies typically exclude other populations (pediatric, geriatric and pregnant/breastfeeding), which may limit the quality of headache care they receive. We propose that underserved populations in headache medicine is broadly defined as those facing barriers in access to headache care - specifically, individuals living in rural or geographically underserved areas, who are uninsured, underinsured or living in poverty, with disabilities, from historically marginalized racial/ethnic groups, who are LGBTQIA+, or vulnerable groups such as new migrants, asylum seekers and those with an undocumented status.

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HeadacheHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilityMedically Underserved AreaVulnerable PopulationsHumansDisparitiesHeadache MedicineUnderserved Populations

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