LibGuides: HE 435: Promoting Health in Communities: Health Inequities

Selected articles by Dr. David Williams (Harvard)

Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research
Williams DR, Lawrence JA, Davis BA. Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research. Annu Rev Public Health. 2019 Apr 1;40:105-125. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-043750. Epub 2019 Feb 2. PMID: 30601726; PMCID: PMC6532402.
Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action.
Williams DR, Cooper LA. Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 19;16(4):606. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16040606. PMID: 30791452; PMCID: PMC6406315.
Racial disparities in health among nonpoor African Americans and Hispanics: The role of acute and chronic discrimination.
Colen CG, Ramey DM, Cooksey EC, Williams DR. Racial disparities in health among nonpoor African Americans and Hispanics: The role of acute and chronic discrimination. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Feb;199:167-180. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.051. Epub 2017 May 6. PMID: 28571900; PMCID: PMC5673593.
Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors
Williams DR. Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors. J Health Soc Behav. 2018 Dec;59(4):466-485. doi: 10.1177/0022146518814251. PMID: 30484715; PMCID: PMC6532404.
Understanding associations among race, socioeconomic status, and health: Patterns and prospects.
Williams DR, Priest N, Anderson NB. Understanding associations among race, socioeconomic status, and health: Patterns and prospects. Health Psychol. 2016 Apr;35(4):407-11. doi: 10.1037/hea0000242. PMID: 27018733; PMCID: PMC4817358.

Mateo CM, Williams DR. Addressing Bias and Reducing Discrimination: The Professional Responsibility of Health Care Provides. Acad Med. 2020 Dec;95 doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003683. PMID:32889919.

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality annually reports on progress and opportunities for improving healthcare quality and reducing healthcare disparities.

2019 Full report

Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity

Communites in Action: Pathways to Health Equity

CDC: Healthy People 2020

Defining and measuring disparities, inequities, and inequalities in the Healthy People initiative

Progress reviews on 2020 objectives

Social Determinants of Health Economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context.

Tips on searching for articles in Nursing & Health Databases

Suggested search terms:

health status disparities
health services accessibility
healthcare disparities

To further narrow results, add terms such as race, age, or gender.

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 600 of the 3,000 current nursing and allied health journals and other medical publications indexed in CINAHL. Hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.
Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Clinical and biomedical, consumer health, health administration, etc. - journal articles.

KFF - Health Policy Anaylsis

Disparities in Health and Health Care: Five Key Questions and Answers

The House I Live In

The House I Live In 2012 (1:48:49) A look into America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of the U.S. Drug Policy.

13th

13th (1:40:02) An examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in the U.S.