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Featured
Pursuing and Practicing Health Equity in OB/GYN Care
In this video, Allison S. Bryant, MD, MPH, vice chair of quality, equity and safety in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses how the department is integrating practices and training to increase equity in patient care—locally and on a regional and national level.
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COVID-19 May Exacerbate the Negative Impact of Discrimination on the Health of Older Adults
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers studied the association between anti-Asian COVID-19-related discrimination and health outcomes of older adults. They found discrimination positively correlated with depression/anxiety symptoms and negatively correlated with the level of physical functioning.
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Geriatric Care for Populations That Have Been Disadvantaged in Service Delivery: Q&A With Margarita AlegrÃa, PhD
As older patients in minority populations can be particularly disadvantaged in healthcare, the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital is working to generate research that reduces these disparities. Unit Chief Margarita Alegría, PhD, discusses how her team improves care for these populations.
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Help-seeking by Older Adults for Mental Health Symptoms Varies by Race/Ethnicity
With data collected at organizations and clinics serving low-income older people, Margarita Alegría, PhD, Liao Zhang, MD, PsyaD, and team found no difference between Black and white adults in mental health service use. Still, white people were more likely than older adults of color to seek care at lower levels of need.
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QI Report: Palliative Care Programs for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Are Often Not Sustained
Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD, and colleagues are partnering with a South Dakota team to improve palliative care for American Indians living on three reservations. They interviewed staff from nine palliative care programs for American Indian/Alaska Native communities throughout the U.S. and found only five still operating.
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Mass General Program Encourages Diversity in Orthopedics
Mass General's Summer Research Trainee Program offers research and career development mentorship for under-represented minorities in medicine.
Equity and Inclusion Contributors
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Allison S. Bryant Mantha, MD, MPH
Specialist in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Vice Chair of Quality, Equity and Safety
Recent Article
Recommendations for Conducting Health Equity Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
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Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medical Grand Rounds: Innovations in Geriatric Medicine
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Efren J. Flores, MD
Officer of Radiology Community Health Improvement and Equity, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Radiology Is Underrepresented on Websites of Lung Cancer Screening Programs
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
Obesity Medicine Physician for Adults, Adolescents, and Children, Mass General Weight Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Affiliated Faculty, MGH Mongan Institute of Health Policy and Associate, MGH Disparities Solution Center
Recent Article
Review: Weight Regulation in Menopause
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Joseph R. Betancourt, MD
Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Recent Article
Massachusetts Medical Grand Rounds: Structural Inequities: Lessons and Reflections about Promoting Equity from COVID-19
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Margarita Alegria, PhD
Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
COVID-19 May Exacerbate the Negative Impact of Discrimination on the Health of Older Adults
