Ethnic disparities in the immune microenvironment of triple negative breast cancer and its role in therapeutic outcomes by Kelsee K. Zajac, Saloni Malla, Ramapuram Jayachandra Babu, Dayanidhi Raman, Amit K. Tiwari

“…In this review, we will provide a brief overview of the tumor immune microenvironment, immune‐based treatment options for TNBC and their potential to decrease health disparities due to ethnicity.…”
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Increasing African genomic data generation and sharing to resolve rare and undiagnosed diseases in Africa: a call-to-action by the H3Africa rare diseases working group by Aimé Lumaka, Nadia Carstens, Koenraad Devriendt, Amanda Krause, Benard Kulohoma, Judit Kumuthini, Gerrye Mubungu, John Mukisa, Melissa Nel, Timothy O. Olanrewaju, Zané Lombard, Guida Landouré, as members of the Rare Disease Working Group of the H3Africa Consortium

“…The RDWG of H3Africa is hereby calling to action because this underrepresentation accentuates the health disparities. Applying the NGS to shorten the diagnostic odyssey or to guide therapeutic options for rare diseases will fully work for Africans only when public repositories include sufficient data from African subjects.…”
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Smoking and COVID-19: Adding Fuel to the Flame by Vivek K. Kashyap, Anupam Dhasmana, Andrew Massey, Sudhir Kotnala, Nadeem Zafar, Meena Jaggi, Murali M. Yallapu, Subhash C. Chauhan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on a legacy of inequalities regarding gender, racial, and ethnic health disparities associated with active smoking, thus, smoking cessation may help in improving outcomes. …”
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Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Latino Immigrant Subgroups: Evidence From the 2010 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey by Sabrina Elias, Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran, Binu Koirala, Samuel Byiringiro, Diana Baptiste, Cheryl R. Himmelfarb, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah

“…Aggregating data on Latino individuals may mask differences in cardiovascular disease risk and hinder efforts to reduce health disparities in this population. Study findings provide Latino group–specific actionable information and targets for improving cardiovascular health.…”
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination among People in Guatemalan Municipalities by Rewa Choudhary, Emily Carter, Jose Monzon, Allison Stewart, Jennifer Slotnick, Leslie L. Samayoa Jerez, David S. Rodriguez Araujo, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Parminder S. Suchdev

“…Poverty is a key factor associated with low COVID-19 vaccination and focusing public health interventions in municipalities most affected by poverty may help address COVID-19 vaccination and health disparities in Guatemala.…”
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Disparity Analysis for Cardiac Surgical Outcomes: The Citizenship Factor by Mohammad F. Babgi, Haitham M. Albar, Mohammed H. Miny, Haitham Alzahrani, Mohammad Shakil Ahmad, Riyaz Ahmed Shaik, Elnazeer O. Ahmed

“…(1) Background: Disparity in clinical care on the basis of gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic and racial variation is an established phenomenon. The focus on health disparities was led on by the report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black & Minority Health, which emphasized that the burden of death and illness was in excess among black people and other minorities. …”
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Transcultural nursing leadership: A concept analysis by Gisela Teixeira, Paulo Cruchinho, Pedro Lucas, Filomena Gaspar

“…This holds great promise for advancing culturally-congruent care, addressing health disparities, and building highly inclusive and productive nursing teams in an increasingly diverse world.…”
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255 The Community Research Liaison Model: Facilitating community-engaged research by Christina Jäderholm, Jessica Currier, Kim Brown, Ariane Audett, Laura Campbell, Steven Blakesley, Lynda Crocker Daniel, Sylvia Miller, Sara Mishalanie, Chelsea Ruder, Jackilen Shannon

“…The model is expanding across Oregon as an equitable approach to addressing health disparities across the state. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Our CRLM is based on the idea that community partnerships build research capacity at the community level and are the backbone for pursuing equitable solutions and better health for communities we serve. …”
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Does increasing physician volume in primary healthcare facilities under the hierarchical medical system help reduce hospital service utilisation in China? A fixed-effects analysis... by Bin Zhu, Xiaotong Li, Pei Xie, Huiwen Xu, Fang Du, Hankun Wang, Xinxin Han

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Hispanic/Latinx individuals’ attributions for abstinence and smoking: A content analysis of open-ended responses from a randomized cessation trial by Laura Casas, Patricia Medina-Ramirez, Vanesa Carreno, Patricia Calixte-Civil, Ursula Martinez, Thomas H. Brandon, Vani N. Simmons

“…They also provide specific targets for tailoring cessation and relapse prevention interventions designed to improve cessation outcomes and reduce tobacco-related health disparities among Hispanics in the US.…”
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A review on the gendered impact of COVID-19 pandemic towards achieving sustainable development goals in Bangladesh: Ecofeminist perspectives on the response to COVID-19 pandemic by Sadia Afrin, Mashura Shammi

“…With excessive pressure on the health sector to deal with COVID-19, women’s essential maternal, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services were neglected and health disparities were also observed. Thus, many women and adolescent girls could not access SRH services when needed that led to a myriad of consequences for SDG 3 achievements. …”
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Socio-economic characteristics, health status and access to health care in an elderly Moroccan community: study of the gender factor by Mohamed Mziwira, Azzelarab Ahaji, Kaoutar Naciri, Rekia Belahsen

“…In Western societies, gender differences in health and health behavior are extensively documented, but less is known about gender health disparities in Morocco. Aging is not yet a research topic or a source of concern. …”
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285 “Stages” of Hope: Theater as a Research and Outreach Modality for Generating Knowledge, Understanding, and Healing by Sharon Croisant, Krista Bohn, Leslie Gauna, Lance Hallberg, C. Claire Hallmark, Adrian Juarez, Monique Pappadis, Emma Tumilty, Ramiro Salas, Randall M. Urban

“…We are conducting Playback theater with LGBTQ+ and African American women to elucidate health disparities related to HIV/AIDS. Black/African Americans accounted for 42.1% of cases in 2019, and African American females are 15 times more likely to develop AIDS than white females. …”
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Correlates of expected eMental Health intervention uptake among Filipino domestic workers in China by Brian J. Hall, Wei Shi, Melissa R. Garabiles, Edward W. W. Chan

“…Background.Transnational migrant populations face critical barriers to mental health service utilization that perpetuate mental health disparities globally. Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) number over 2 million globally and 25% are female domestic workers. …”
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Preparing Medical Students for Anti-racism at the Bedside: Teaching Skills to Mitigate Racism and Bias in Clinical Encounters by Catherine Tarleton, Wendy Tong, Emily McNeill, Ahmed Owda, Beth Barron, Hetty Cunningham

“…Introduction Systemic racism perpetuates health disparities and negatively impacts health care delivery and patient outcomes. …”
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46213 Florida Community-Engaged Research Alliance Against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities (FL-CEAL): addressing education, awareness, access, and inclusion of u... by Olveen Carrasquillo, Erin Kobetz-Kerman, Victoria Behar-Zusman, Sheela Dominguez, Mario DeLa Rosa, Elena Bastida, Eric Wagner, Adrianna Campa, Folakemi Odedina, Elizabeth Shenkman, Cynthia Harris, Katherine Chung-Bridges, Timothy Long

“…ABSTRACT IMPACT: Understanding the needs and barriers or facilitators to participation in research, especially among minority communities is critical not only for COVID-19 research but also for future clinical and translational research and health disparities studies. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The overall goal of this project is to enhance education, awareness, access, and inclusion of underserved communities across Florida in COVID-19 research, especially among Black and Hispanic minority groups that are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. …”
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Breast, Colorectal, Lung, Prostate, and Cervical Cancer Screening Prevalence in a Large Commercial and Medicare Advantage Plan, 2008–2020 by Ashley Kim, Matthew Gitlin, Ela Fadli, November McGarvey, Ze Cong, Karen C. Chung

“…Real-world cancer screening rates remain suboptimal and low, and efforts to increase screening uptake and reduce cancer health disparities remain critical.…”
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Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior among Medically Underserved Women: Effectiveness of 3R Communication Model by Matthew Asare, Anjelica Elizondo, Mina Dwumfour-Poku, Carlos Mena, Mariela Gutierrez, Hadii M. Mamudu

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US Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Impact on the Outcomes of ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction in New Jersey by Niharika Bhatia, Deep Vakil, Stavros Zinonos, Javier Cabrera, Nora M. Cosgrove, Mahan Dastgiri, John B. Kostis, William J. Kostis, Abel E. Moreyra

“…Background In 1998, President Clinton launched a federal initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. The impact on the outcomes of ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction has not been well studied. …”
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The Texas Community-Engagement Research Alliance Against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities (TX CEAL) Consortium by Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Chris Amos, Bettina M. Beech, Robert L. Ferrer, Lorna McNeill, Jasmine J. Opusunju, Emily Spence, Erika L. Thompson, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha

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