Journal
ANNALS MEETING REPORTS
Volume 1287, Issue -, Pages 17-30Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE PUBL
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12117
Keywords
health disparities; social determinants; diversity; cross-cultural education
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- Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development (HCTRECD) program [R25MD007607]
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Despite yearly advances in life-saving and preventive medicine, as well as strategic approaches by governmental and social agencies and groups, significant disparities remain in health, health quality, and access to health care within the United States. The determinants of these disparities include baseline health status, race and ethnicity, culture, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, region or geography, sexual orientation, and age. In order to renew the commitment of the medical community to address health disparities, particularly at the medical school level, we must remind ourselves of the roles of doctors and medical schools as the gatekeepers and the value setters for medicine. Within those roles are responsibilities toward the social mission of working to eliminate health disparities. This effort will require partnerships with communities as well as with academic centers to actively develop and to implement diversity and inclusion strategies. Besides improving the diversity of trainees in the pipeline, access to health care can be improved, and awareness can be raised regarding population-based health inequalities.
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