Julius Wilder, MD, PhD, has launched a project aimed at increasing colorectal cancer screening rates among African Americans living in Durham, North Carolina.
Investing in Diagnostic Equity: A Community-Driven Colorectal Cancer Initiative
Blog Category: Health Equity
The Power of People Resource Groups
HonorHealth’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is a driving force that shapes the future of health care. By fostering a culture of cultural competence, the hospital system is creating a more equitable and compassionate environment for all.
Equity Pledge
Structural and systemic racism continue to exist and to impose major adverse health impacts on our society. It is critical that ABIM and the ABIM Foundation remain focused on doing all we can to advance health equity, and ultimately improve the health of our patients.
From Race-Based to Race-Conscious Care
What if the way we teach medicine is actually harming the very people it’s meant to heal? Despite AMA policies acknowledging that race is a social construct, medical education often clings to outdated ideas that link race to biology, leading to dangerous diagnostic biases. This problem starts in the classroom, but spreads into clinical training,… Read more »
PrEPping HBCU Students and Internal Medicine Trainees for the Fight Against HIV
With African American individuals accounting for 42 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States (with a PrEP uptake rate of only 9 percent within this population), racial disparities are at the center of the persistence of the national HIV epidemic. At Duke University School of Medicine the Evidence2Practice (E2P) program believes that… Read more »