Parallel tracks: reflections on the need for collaborative health disparities research on race/ethnicity and disability

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Care
• Personal Author:
  Goode, Tawara D. ; Carter-Pokras, Olivia D. ; Horner-Johnson, Willi ; Yee, Silvia
• Description:
  Public policy driving health disparities research has overwhelmingly focused on racial and ethnic populations other than non-Hispanic whites; these groups have historically been and continue to be disproportionately impacted by health disparities. Only recently has public policy focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities as a distinct health disparities population. These 2 areas of research have traveled parallel paths with little recognition of the health disparities that affect people at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and disability. This commentary reflects on the history, foci, and current status of these 2 separate tracks of health disparities research. We conclude the commentary with suggestions for merging the 2 tracks to develop research that addresses both disability as well as race and ethnicity.
• Keywords:
  Cooperative Behavior Disabled Persons Ethnicity Healthcare Disparities Health Services Research Humans Public Policy Racial Groups Research Design United States
• Source:
  Med Care. 52(10 0 3):S3-S8
• Pubmed ID:
  25215917
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4166530
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R13 MD006056/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; L60 MD000605/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R24 HD041041/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01DD000231/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 2R13MD00605/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; L60 MD005656/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DD000231/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  52
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:340dafd124e164594040e1537416bbacb374d1a386d2096b0217ca0655074c92
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30121/cdc_30121_DS1.pdf
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