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Ranney, Opara to attend Aspen Ideas: Health conference
YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, and Ijeoma Opara, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences, are attending the Aspen Ideas: Health conference June 20-23 in Aspen, Colorado. Ranney will participate in three panel discussions; Opara is an Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow.
19 Jun 2024
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New AHA Scientific Statement Reviews Disparities in Peripheral Artery Disease
The new scientific statement from the AHA indicates multiple social, economic, and health variables contribute to disparities in the development, diagnosis, and treatment of PAD.
Source: HCPLive
20 Jun 2023
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Yale Study Documents Staggering Toll of Health Disparities for Black Americans
A new study reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their white counterparts between 1999 and 2020.
16 May 2023
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Hu Receives National Mentorship Award
Jiun-Ruey Hu, MD, MPH, was voted as Alumni of the Year by medical students across the country at the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association.
17 Mar 2023
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Cardiologists push for a more diverse, inclusive healthcare workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on racially and ethnically diverse patient populations. Inspired by this trend, representatives from the Association of Black Cardiologists hosted a virtual roundtable focused on increasing diversity in the healthcare workforce and improving patient care.
Source: Cardiovascular Business
11 Jan 2023
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Report highlights lack of medical worker diversity – and how to fix that
Racial and ethnic diversity among medical workers is critical to Americans' health, but more needs to be done to recruit, train and support those professionals, a new report says.
Source: American Heart Association News
4 Jan 2023
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Voices of DEI: Dominic Francese, MPH
Introducing Dominic Francese, MPH, of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine.
7 Nov 2022
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Study Finds Americans Experienced Increased Barriers to Health Care Over the Past 20 Years
A Yale study found that despite growing investments in health care over the past 20 years, barriers to timely medical care are increasing, as are racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care.
1 Nov 2022
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Yale researchers call for strategies to eliminate inequities in access to peripheral artery disease care among adults who share a Hispanic background
Adults who share a Hispanic background and who get hospitalized for symptoms of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are more likely to only receive care at later stages of their disease, and get their treatment through the emergency department instead of early stage disease care, elective care as compared with non-Hispanic white patients.
14 Sep 2022
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Disparities Persist in Positive Cardiac Longevity Trend
One of the first national studies to measure long-term patient outcomes following a heart attack has found positive overall trends, but those benefits do not extend to low-income and Black communities, according to a new study in JAMA Cardiology.
4 May 2022
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The More Marginalized Identities Med Students Have, the More Mistreatment and Burnout They Experience
A new study from Yale researchers looks at how intersectionality increases incidents of mistreatment and magnifies the effects of burnout on medical students. Using data from over 30,000 graduating medical students from 140 U.S. medical schools, the study found that students with three marginalized identities (female, non-white, and lesbian, gay or bisexual) experienced the most mistreatment and discrimination and the highest score for exhaustion compared with male, white, and heterosexual students.
5 Apr 2022
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Despite progress, Black patients still less likely to get heart transplants
Black people in need of a new heart are less likely than their white peers to get a transplant, and when they do, they're more likely to die afterward, according to new research.
Source: American Heart Association News
25 Aug 2021
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Racial, Ethnic Differences in U.S. Health Metrics Persist
From 1999 to 2018, racial and ethnic differences in health status, care access, and affordability mainly persisted, according to a study published in the Aug. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: HealthDay News
17 Aug 2021
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Study finds persistent racial and ethnic health disparities over decades
There has been little to no progress in eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in some key health indicators over the past two decades, according to a Yale study.
17 Aug 2021
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Black people in rural areas more likely than white people to die from diabetes, high blood pressure
The rate of deaths related to diabetes and high blood pressure among Black people over the past two decades improved in urban areas, according to a new study, but rural communities are lagging.
Source: American Heart Association News
20 May 2021
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‘We need positive destruction’: Yale doctors discuss gender equity on Clubhouse
Inginia Genao, MD, kicked off a recent Clubhouse discussion on gender equity in medicine with a sobering statistic: research shows that nearly 40% of women become part time or leave medicine within six years of completing their residency. The discussion, held May 13, was hosted by the Yale Department of Internal Medicine.
18 May 2021
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Heart Transplantation Outcomes: Racial Disparities Exist But Narrowing
Interview with Michael Fuery, MD, and Katherine Clark, MD MBA.
Source: Medical Research
17 May 2021
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Could the pandemic help boost diversity in clinical trials?
The pandemic has exposed troubling inequities in the United States that have left Black and Hispanic people at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 – and getting a smaller share of vaccines.
Source: American Heart Association News
16 Apr 2021
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Policy change is an essential strategy to improving cardiovascular health for all
American Heart Association celebrates 40 years of public policy advocacy and recommits to prioritizing policies that achieve greater health equity.
Source: American Heart Association
12 Apr 2021
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Want to help fight for health justice? It may be time to listen
A pandemic, protests and politics have highlighted the nation's long-standing, deep-seated racial issues and how they affect the health of millions of Americans.
Source: American Heart Association News
6 Apr 2021