U.S. Health Disparities--U.N. Recommends Public Policy Remedies

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shareefah Al'Uqdah
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Disparities

Cultural Neuroscience of Compassion and Empathy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Y. Chiao
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Social Cooperation ◽  
Cultural Neuroscience ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Human Ability

“Compassion” and “empathy” refer to adaptive emotional responses to suffering in oneself and others that recruit affective and cognitive processes. The human ability to understand the emotional experience of others is fundamental to social cooperation, including altruism. While much of the scientific study of compassion and empathy suggests that genes contribute to empathy and compassion, recent empirical advances suggest gene–environment interactions, as well as cultural differences in development, influence the experience, expression, and regulation of empathy and compassion. The goal of this chapter is to review recent theoretical and empirical advances in the cultural neuroscience of empathy and compassion. Implications of the cultural neuroscientific study of empathy and compassion for public policy and population health disparities will be discussed.

Missing Pieces in the Discussion on Climate Change and Risk: Intersectionality and Compounded Vulnerability

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
H. Shellae Versey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research And Policy

Assessing the impact of climate change requires analyzing humans generally, as well as identifying unique and elevated risks among subgroups. Incorporating intersectional approaches (e.g., those focused on issues of poverty, place, and race) into public policy may highlight how communities and individuals with fewer resources experience compounded vulnerability to climate-related risks. An intersectional framework yields implications for research and policy in two ways, both broadly and specifically for marginalized groups. First, climate change research and policy would benefit from a more active articulation of intersectionality in its models of adaptation and vulnerability by recognizing groups at high risk for negative outcomes, including distress and displacement. Second, as psychologists document mental health outcomes associated with climate change, engaging in cross-disciplinary discussions will strengthen strategies aimed at reducing mental health disparities.

Foreword: Envisioning Health Disparities

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 151-158
Author(s):  
Scott Burris
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities

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

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.

Public Policy Agenda Adapts to Needs

ASHA Leader ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 23-23
Author(s):  
George Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda
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