Patient Engagement July 31, 2023
In addition to a health equity body, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine called for better race and ethnicity data collection.
The federal government needs a new body that can improve racial, ethnic, and tribal health equity, according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
The report, commissioned by the Office of Minority Health under HHS, also indicated that the federal government needs better tools to score new programs based on how they will affect heath equity and more race and ethnicity data reporting.
These recommendations come in response to increasing evidence about how different federal policies have resulted in health inequities or further perpetuated health inequities, according to Sheila Burke, the...
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