Since the inception of Western medicine, there has been an effort to identify genes specific to certain races that would explain why minority populations, including Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), have higher disease burden than White populations. Jim Anderson addresses what role racism has had in creating this implicit bias.
Higher familial risks for early-onset cancer seen in Latino, Black patients for solid tumors and in Asian/Pacific Islander patients for hematologic cancers
A practice improvement project increased lung cancer screening rates among eligible Medicaid recipients in a rural primary care practice in North Carolina.
PA works with community members to build a community garden in a food desert to address food injustice.
Patients on PrEP are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than patients not on PrEP, this is also true for members of the LGBTQ community in NYC.
Transgender individuals noted transphobia, discrimination, fear of stigma, fear of not being accepted, or fear of being outed as barriers to health care.
Sexist and racial/ethnic microaggressions against female and minority surgeons and anesthesiologists are prevalent and linked to burnout.
High area-level socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse survival for patients with cancer enrolled in clinical trials.
Excess Black infant mortality gap is halved when Black newborns are cared for by a physician of the same race vs a White physician.
Deceased organ donation increased among some racial groups, particularly among Black people, from 1999 to 2017, but substantial racial and ethnic differences remain
