David Thompson, PhD, Queen’s University Belfast, expands on previous research he conducted that calls for cardiovascular health care providers to actively address care inequities evident in practice ...

E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

Digital inclusion offers pathways to health equity by expanding access to the formal health care sector and supporting independent health management. Yet poverty- and education-related disparities ...

Life expectancy in the US is falling, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple sources of data also reveal growing gaps in mortality according to race. White Americans live ...

Getting the right healthcare looks different for everyone, and Premera Blue Cross knows that equal access doesn’t always lead to equally helpful care. That’s why the local, not-for-profit health plan ...

Low or limited health literacy is a predictor of poorer health outcomes and health disparities. Patient populations in the United States who are at higher risk of low/limited health literacy are ...