JPHMP Direct June 14, 2024
This scoping review enhances the field of health equity science by detailing the approaches and interventions implemented by governmental health departments to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare.
Although there have been targeted investments in research, practice, and policy, racial and ethnic health inequalities “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations” continue to endure in the United States. Governmental public health agencies are tasked with tackling these enduring racial and ethnic health disparities. However, there hasn’t been a thorough examination of interventions carried out by these agencies aimed at fostering health equity and reducing health disparities. In our study, “A Scoping Review...
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