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- The implementation of population-based lung cancer screening (LCS) in the United States has been delayed for more than four decades, even though radiographic studies in the 1970s and 1980s had already demonstrated improvements in survival. Several factors have contributed to this prolonged lag, including apprehensions about overdiagnosis and false positives, ongoing debates about the necessity of…April 2025Cancer, Policy and Practice
- Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) populations experience health disparities across all areas of health care due to issues of bias, discrimination, and structural barriers to care. Existing literature on cancer screening in TGD populations demonstrates significant gaps in care; for example, transgender men receive Pap smears at lower rates than cisgender women. Because of known disparities in…February 2025Cancer, Social/Structural Determinants
- The 2025 State Honor Roll™ of Asthma and Allergy Policies for Schools identifies the states and territories* with the best public policies for people with asthma, food allergies, anaphylaxis and related allergic diseases in U.S. elementary, middle and high schools. The State Honor Roll recognizes states with the best policies for managing asthma and allergies in schools and…January 2025Asthma, Policy and Practice
- In 2023, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) began the process of updating the State Honor Roll for Asthma and Allergy Policies in Schools. In 2024, AAFA convened 19 expert stakeholders to advise on updating the policy standards for the 2025 report. These experts contributed valuable insights through roundtable discussions, helping to ensure the standards reflect…January 2025Asthma, Policy and Practice
- This resource provides practical information on incorporating cultural humility into health care. It includes links to abbreviated and full-length slideshows on identifying biases, equality, equity, and cultivating trust with patients and the community.April 2024Chronic Disease, Social Environment
- HealthHIV is a national non-profit working with healthcare organizations, communities, and providers to advance effective HIV, HCV, STI and LGBTQ health care, harm reduction and health equity through education and training, technical assistance and capacity building, advocacy, communications, and health services research and evaluation. HealthHIV advances effective prevention, care, support, and…April 2024HIV
- People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) experience extensive health disparities, including premature mortality and higher incidence of chronic disease. These inequities have been linked to reduced access to preventive health care for this population. We review the evidence as it relates to barriers and facilitators of effective implementation of health checks and screenings for people with…February 2024Chronic Disease
- The Elton John AIDS Foundation funded ANOVA Health Institute in South Africa to create We The Brave, a sexual health campaign for men who have sex with men to protect and learn about HIV/AIDS. It is the first large-scale campaign ever in South Africa specifically for gay men which addresses both prevention and treatment issues in an affirming, non-judgmental and sex positive way that is…January 2024HIV, HIV, Global Health
- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), a not-for-profit organization founded in 1953, is the leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies, and the oldest asthma and allergy patient group in the world.January 2024Asthma
- Health departments and community partners know that HIV awareness and sexual education plays a large role in supporting young people to stay HIV-negative or undetectable. Nationally, 20% of new HIV diagnoses in 2020 were among young people aged 13-24, and almost half of those living with HIV do not know their status. Reaching youth with effective and accurate information about HIV can be…September 2023HIV, Advocacy
- Purpose of review: Global disparities in HIV infection, particularly among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), indicate the importance of exploring the multi-level processes that shape HIV’s spread. We used Complex Systems Theory and the PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic review of 63 global reviews to understand how HIV is socially patterned among GBMSM. The…July 2023HIV
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance from April 2022 calls for the improvement of clinical trial enrollment of participants from historically excluded racial and ethnic populations, and key organizations have made similar calls for more diverse representation among oncology trial participants. Earlier research offered evidence of racial and ethnic inequities in clinical trial…July 2023Cancer
- Historical trauma has been posited as a key framework for conceptualizing and addressing health equity in Indigenous populations. Using a community-based participatory approach, this study aimed to examine historical trauma and key psycho-social correlates among urban Indigenous adults at risk for diabetes to inform diabetes and other chronic disease prevention strategies. Indigenous adult…April 2023Diabetes
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) represents a relatively rare histologic tumor type both in the US and globally. It accounts for less than 0.17% (approximately 3000 total) of all US tumor diagnoses as of 2018, and this proportion is expected to continue decreasing given greater awareness of causality linked to asbestos exposure. 1. Guidelines suggest that multimodality therapy, including…March 2023Cancer
- This resource reports on the sessions of the 2023 Annual Cancer Research Symposium. #P4HEwebinarFebruary2024March 2023Cancer
- Background Although preventable through screening, cervical cancer incidence and mortality are higher among American Indian and Alaska Native women (AIAN) than White women. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansions may uniquely impact access and use of cervical cancer screening among AIAN women and ultimately alleviate this disparity. Methods Using Medicaid…January 2023Cancer, Medicaid
- Florida –the 3rd most populous state in the USA–has the highest rates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections and of unfavorable HIV outcomes, with marked social and racial disparities. In this work, we leveraged large-scale, real-world data, i.e., statewide surveillance records and publicly available data resources encoding social determinants of health (SDoH), to identify social and…January 2023HIV
- Middle-class African Americans are generally ignored in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) prevention efforts, because of presumed protective factors. However, middle-class African Americans often live with psychosocial stressors not traditionally associated with this socioeconomic position. This study examines influencers related to T2D prevention in this under-researched segment of the African American…January 2023Diabetes
- Unhealthy eating and physical inactivity are leading causes of death in the U.S. Unhealthy diet contributes to approximately 678,000 deaths each year in the U.S., due to nutrition- and obesity-related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes.1 In the last 30 years, obesity rates have doubled in adults, tripled in children, and quadrupled in adolescents. (author abstract)#…January 2023Diabetes, Heart disease, Obesity
- View and download maps on heart disease and stroke showing national data, health care costs, and social determinants of health data. (website description)September 2022Heart disease, Social Environment
- Evidence shows that social determinants of health (SDOH) are key drivers of diabetes outcomes and disparities in diabetes care. Targeting SDOH at the individual, organizational, and policy levels is an essential step in improving health equity for individuals living with diabetes. In addition, there is increasing recognition of the need to build collaboration across the health care system and…August 2022Diabetes, Social Environment
- Community-based participatory strategies are a promising approach to addressing disparities in community health outcomes. This paper details the efforts of Siteman Cancer Center to achieve breast health equity over the past 15+ years. We begin by describing the activities and successes arising from our breast health community partnerships including identifying priorities, developing…May 2022Cancer
- Importance: Increasing prices of antidiabetic medications in the US have raised substantial concerns about the effects of drug affordability on diabetes care. There has been little rigorous evidence comparing the experiences of patients with diabetes across different types of insurance coverage. Objective: To compare the utilization patterns and costs of prescription drugs to treat…January 2022Diabetes, Medicaid
- The “Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease” provides lessons learned from evidence- and practice-based strategies. The innovative ideas highlight how to maximize the effects of policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies—all with the goal of reducing health disparities and advancing health equity. (website…January 2022Chronic Disease, Social/Structural Determinants
- Women’s Health Research at Yale is changing science to address the health needs of women and improve outcomes for everyone. Recent work funded by The Community Foundation is developing heart disease treatment that accurately responds to the biology and experiences of women. (author abstract)December 2021Heart disease
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