Susceptibility to COVID‐19 in populations with health disparities: Posited involvement of mitochondrial disorder, socioeconomic stress, and pollutants

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology ◽

10.1002/jbt.22626 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yunyi Yao ◽

David A. Lawrence

Keyword(s):

Health Disparities ◽

Mitochondrial Disorder ◽

Socioeconomic Stress

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Foreword: Envisioning Health Disparities

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0098858800002781 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 29 (2-3) ◽

pp. 151-158

Author(s):

Scott Burris

Keyword(s):

Health Disparities

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The Complexity of Health Disparities: More Than Just Black–White Differences

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-00199 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Charles Ellis ◽

Molly Jacobs

Keyword(s):

Health Disparities ◽

Clinical Outcomes ◽

The United States ◽

Careful Examination ◽

White Americans ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Death Rates ◽

The Social ◽

Health Related ◽

Language Pathology

Health disparities have once again moved to the forefront of America's consciousness with the recent significant observation of dramatically higher death rates among African Americans with COVID-19 when compared to White Americans. Health disparities have a long history in the United States, yet little consideration has been given to their impact on the clinical outcomes in the rehabilitative health professions such as speech-language pathology/audiology (SLP/A). Consequently, it is unclear how the absence of a careful examination of health disparities in fields like SLP/A impacts the clinical outcomes desired or achieved. The purpose of this tutorial is to examine the issue of health disparities in relationship to SLP/A. This tutorial includes operational definitions related to health disparities and a review of the social determinants of health that are the underlying cause of such disparities. The tutorial concludes with a discussion of potential directions for the study of health disparities in SLP/A to identify strategies to close the disparity gap in health-related outcomes that currently exists.

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