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J Health Polit Policy Law (2022) 47 (2): 131–158.
Published: 01 April 2022
...Merlin Chowkwanyun Abstract What exactly is a “racial health disparity”? This article explores five lenses that have been used to answer that question. It contends that racial health disparities have been presented—by researchers both within academia and outside of it—as problems of five varieties...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (5): 803–839.
Published: 01 October 2017
..., power and resources,” SDOH as “causes of causes” Poverty, downstream determinants, behaviors (but explicitly as residual solution) United States Report (pp.) Year Outcome Language Main groups Causes Recommendations Heckler Report (239 pp.) 1985 Health Disparities Race Disease...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (4): 627–651.
Published: 01 August 2016
...David R. Williams; Valerie Purdie-Vaughns Abstract Large racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in health persist in the United States. Eliminating these health disparities is a public health challenge of our time. This article addresses what is needed for social and behavioral...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (2): 377–385.
Published: 01 April 2017
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2022) 47 (5): 555–581.
Published: 01 October 2022
...Gilbert Gonzales; Nathaniel M. Tran; Marcus A. Bennett Abstract Context: The authors examined the association between state-level policy protections and self-rated health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults. Methods: They used data on transgender (n = 4,982) and cisgender (n...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (4): 599–626.
Published: 01 August 2016
... a return toward ideas of Rudolf Virchow and mid-nineteenth-century social medicine that social determinants and disparities are major drivers of population health. Since individual health and population health constitute the major determinants of health care utilization and expenditures, social...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2022) 47 (2): 225–258.
Published: 01 April 2022
... the context of racism (interpersonal and structural) in which births happen. David and Collins ( 1997 , 2007 ) advanced this perspective in an important set of articles that challenged the genetic interpretation of Black-white disparities in birth outcomes by showing evidence that perceived discrimination...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 33 (5): 861–881.
Published: 01 October 2008
..., they are the only providers for which current reporting requirements make it possible to fully assess racial disparities in use and quality of care. We find that African Americans' use of nursing homes in 2000 in the United States was 14 percent higher than Caucasians' use. The largest relative African American use...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2009) 34 (1): 63–91.
Published: 01 February 2009
...Derek DeLia; Joel C. Cantor; Amy Tiedemann; Cecilia S. Huang This article evaluates a Certificate of Need (CON) reform in New Jersey that was designed to expand hospital capacity to provide cardiac angiography (CA) and reduce long-standing disparities in access to the procedure. Using data from...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 1–10.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Mark Schlesinger Editor’s Note Different and Differenced Takes on Disparities Variously described in terms of disparities, inequities, differences, or inequalities, concerns about distributional...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 127–152.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Deborah Stone Although racial and ethnic disparities in health have been on the federal government's agenda since 1985, no policy reforms have significantly reduced disparities. The question arises whether states can effectively address this issue without waiting for solutions from the national...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 153–184.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Kala Ladenheim; Rachel Groman How have state legislatures acted to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care? This article examines trends over time in state legislation related to disparities in care and access, proposed legislation during one biennial session, and contemporary...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 185–218.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Brian K. Gibbs; Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson; Matthew D. McHugh; Amal N. Trivedi; Deborah Prothrow-Stith Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health status and health care, a major focus of Healthy People 2010 , remains on the national agenda and among the priorities for the administration...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2009) 34 (4): 635–647.
Published: 01 August 2009
...Lynn A. Blewett Duke University Press 2009 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). 2000. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Fact Sheet. AHRQ Publication No. 00-PO41. February. Rockville, MD: AHRQ. www.ahrq.gov/research/disparit.htm (accessed February 15...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (5): 901–924.
Published: 01 October 2017
... to developing health literacy, improving health outcomes, and contributing to reducing health disparities by race and health insurance status. The authors acknowledge the JHPPL special issue editors and reviewers as well as participants of the 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2023) 48 (2): 241–267.
Published: 01 April 2023
...Jing Liu; David A. Hyman Abstract Context: In health care, licensing is pervasive. Restrictions on applicants with criminal records may have a disparate impact on historically marginalized groups. There is bipartisan interest in evaluating whether occupational licensing requirements are too strict...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2023) 48 (2): 187–214.
Published: 01 April 2023
... polarization. In the public health literature, segregation has long been viewed as a cause of health disparities. Fundamental cause theory, first proposed by Link and Phelan ( 1995 ), seeks to explain how associations between socioeconomic status, racism, and morbidity and mortality persist across time...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2023) 48 (5): 821–824.
Published: 01 October 2023
...Michelle Ko mijko@ucdavis.edu Anne Pollock . Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States . Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2021 . 216 pp. $21.95 paper. Copyright © 2023 by Duke University Press 2023 The murder of George...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2020) 45 (5): 831–845.
Published: 01 October 2020
...Paula M. Lantz; Sara Rosenbaum Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed with multiple goals in mind, including a reduction in social disparities in health care and health status. This was to be accomplished through some novel provisions and a significant infusion of resources into long...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 93–126.
Published: 01 February 2006
... and ethnic disparities in health status and health care in the United States. We first review the history of the disparities issue to elucidate how the continual and persistent interplay between political action and scientific research drives government policy. We then analyze two recent government-sponsored...