AJMC November 19, 2024
Community-based researchers can teach clinicians a lot about how to best approach underserved populations disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular health complications.
Heart failure remains a serious complication, contributing to great rates of morbidity and mortality in affected patients. Persistent disparities in heart failure have reinforced the need to take a closer look at why some populations bear the brunt of disease burden more than others. Health inequities was a large topic explored throughout the 100th American Heart Association (AHA) conference. Khadija Breathett, MD, MS, FACC, associate professor of medicine, Indiana University, spoke to the impact of social determinants of health and, notably, how community-based research can inform efforts to tackle inequities in cardiovascular disease.
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