Disparities/Equity of Care
On this Institute for Diversity and Health Equity webinar, 2020 AHA Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award honorees share efforts to deliver inclusive, culturally competent care.
A new analysis by Global Health 50/50, an initiative to advance gender equality in global health, sheds light on sex disparities in COVID-19 deaths.
The fifth in the series featured Dr. Estes talking with Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness & Diversity Officer at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and Michigan's First Surgeon General about health equity.
Access to potentially life-saving mammograms is more difficult for women who face with social determinants of health such as low-income, lack of transportation or the inability to take time off from work.
The AHA, the American Medical Association and American Nurses Association urged President Trump to rescind Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, arguing that failing to do so “would effectively reverse decades of progress in combating racial inequality.”
As organizations representing nearly 5,000 hospitals and health systems, more than 1 million physicians, and more than 4 million registered nurses, we call on the Trump Administration to rescind Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. Each of the actions outlined in EO 13950…
The Hospital Community Collaborative provides resources to hospitals and community organizations seeking to collaborate to accelerate health equity.
HCC program cohorts feature teams from around the country. This page features background information and stories about their work.
The fifth in the Leadership Rounds series featured Dr. Estes talking with Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness & Diversity Officer at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and Michigan's First Surgeon General about health equity. This…
For the latest in her Leadership Rounds series of conversations with hospital and health system leaders from across the nation, AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., is joined by Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer…