Medical Xpress August 1, 2024
On June 26, 2024, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a new report examining health care inequities that persist in the U.S. titled “Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All.” Flaws in our health system disproportionately affect members of marginalized communities, including stark racial and ethnic inequities in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality, and many chronic diseases.
This new report reviews the major drivers of health care disparities, provides insight into successful and unsuccessful interventions, identifies gaps in the evidence base, and makes recommendations to advance health equity.
Academic nursing has a pivotal role to play in stemming unequal treatment and preparing an equity-minded workforce. Collectively, we have...
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