AJMC March 12, 2025
Brooke McCormick, Xin Hu, PhD

Xin Hu, PhD, MSPH, hypothesizes that these telemental health disparities could be driven by language barriers, historical mistrust, and systemic challenges.

In part 2 of an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), Xin Hu, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, delves deeper into the findings of her study, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Telemental Health Use Among Publicly Insured Children,” published in the March 2025 AJMC issue.

Watch part 1 for an overview of the study’s background, objectives, and key findings.

This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity; captions were auto-generated.

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Despite the 12-fold relative increase in telemental health use after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were still significant...

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