Relevant Books and eBooks
Note: the print books listed here can be checked out from Library & Knowledge Services in the Chestnut Building.
Eliminating Race-Based Mental Health Disparities by Call Number: WA 305 AA1 E42 2019ISBN: 9781684031962Publication Date: 2019Offers concrete guidelines and evidence-based best practices for addressing racial inequities and biases in clinical care.
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Call Number: W 76 M784j 2018ISBN: 9781479851621Publication Date: 2018Offers an innovative plan to eliminate inequalities in American health care and save the lives they endanger. The author unites medical, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology research on implicit bias and health disparities with her own expertise in civil rights and constitutional law.
Inequality and African-American Health by Call Number: WA 300 AA1 H648i 2016ISBN: 9781447322825Publication Date: 2016A comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, starting with an examination of how race has been historically constructed in the US and in the medical system and the resilience of racial ideologies and practices. This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts and the medical system.
- 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report by AHRQ
Free eBook
Publication Date: 2021
A comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the general U.S. population and disparities in care experienced by different racial and socioeconomic groups. - Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services by HD Nelson, et al. (Pacific Northwest EBP Center and AHRQ)
Free eBook
Publication Date: 2019
A Comparative Effectiveness Review that summarizes research on achieving health equity in 10 preventive services for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes by identifying the effects of impediments and barriers that create disparities, and the effectiveness of interventions to reduce them. - Additional Resources from the National Library of MedicineFree ebooks and reports pertaining to racial and ethnic disparities in health.
Recent Articles from PubMed
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- Result List in PubMedPeer-reviewed papers on health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations (limited to articles from the last five years).
Interested in conducting your own search in PubMed? Try using the following terms combined with other keywords in your topic:
- health disparit* (will search health disparity as well as health disparities)
- health status disparit*
- health care disparit*
- healthcare disparit*
- health inequit*
- health equit*
- health inequalit*
- health equalit*
Online Resources
- Black Maternal HealthResources on maternal health and reproductive justice for Black women, as well as book club suggestions with free discussion guides from the Network of the National Library of Medicine.
- CDC: Racism and HealthPresents the latest science, research, and efforts by the CDC to address structural racism as an obstacle to health equity.
- Office of Minority HealthProvides minority health literature and research for consumers, organizations and health professionals; the Resource Center offers a variety of information tools, including a searchable catalog and a Healthcare Disparities Bibliography.
- Health Affairs: Health EquityA list of recent articles, blogs, podcasts, and other media related to health equity from the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs.
- NPR: Health DisparitiesNews stories and podcasts related to health disparities, from National Public Radio.
- Health Equity: The Commonwealth FundReports, issue briefs, and blogs on advancing health equity. Browse publications or use the keyword search box to search the entire site. Sample search: disparities AND (racial OR ethnic)
- Resources for Students and Professional in HealthcareLearn how racism affects healthcare and check out lists of articles, books, and organizations for more information. From Nursing License Map.