The Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD) promotes health equity for people with disabilities of all ages. DHDD ...

Laws and policies prohibiting the discussion of what the first Trump administration in 2020 labeled “divisive concepts” hamper efforts to discuss, teach, and use the best and most state-of-the-art ...

Promote the idea that health equity is a core competency of governance (for more information, see Non-Profit Hospital Governance: Overview on Practical Law). Explain that governing bodies that take ...

ROBERT SEIDEL, MLA, PATRICK H. TOLAN, PHD, ANGELA DIAZ, MD, PHD, MPH, AND VELMA MCBRIDE MURRY, PHD Discussions of health policy often invoke sentiments of “social justice” and “equity” as primary ...

In a major hospital system in Atlanta, less than one-fourth of employees were able to define either equity or health equity, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of ...

After George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, state governments and our health care system have increased attention to racism and its impact on health equity. There has also been heightened awareness that ...

Despite more than 40 years of healthcare system-based efforts to promote equity, health disparities continue—and have even worsened in some cases. Over time, the definition of health equity has ...

President Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are making life difficult for some public health officials, who view eliminating racial disparities as part of their mission. By ...

Even as healthcare leaders embrace health equity as an urgent goal, figuring out how to undo the complex web of systems responsible for America’s serious health disparities is daunting. The work will ...