BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

September 27, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Up to 45 percent of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cases could be prevented by modifiable risk factors, but current research is limited to observational studies that make it difficult to establish definitive causes.

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Black Health Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

In addition, Leapfrog has included a health equity measure in another part of the Hospital Survey to ensure all patients receive safe, high-quality care. Katie Stewart: Leapfrog started collecting this data last year, and we plan to report it publicly, by hospital, in the future.

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Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Mental Health and Public Health Ethnicity and Health Health Equity 80

HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 12, 2025

Spikes and a team from Emory and Morehouse School of Medicine looked at data from just over 400 Black Atlantans who participated in the Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity , or MECA. Stiff arteries contribute to high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke.

Ethnicity and Health 64

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 6, 2025

It’s also important to note that these guidelines are for women at average risk and that individual risk factors may warrant different screening approaches. Consider encouraging readers to have informed discussions with their health care providers about their risk factors and screening needs.

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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

While kidney failure affects many other racial and ethnic groups, African Americans are disproportionately affected due to common risk factors like family history, age (60+ years), hypertension, diabetes, and disparities in the quality of healthcare across these groups, according to the National Kidney Foundation.

Ethnicity and Health 98

Ethnicity and Health Ageing and Health Health Equity Risk Factors 98

The Health Care Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Giant data brokers, privately-funded startups and others are using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to uncover both patient risk factors and the best way to influence behavior. When you add in the renewed national attention to health equity, the result is an SDOH industry worth $18.5 That’s particularly true here.

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Social Determinants of Health Health Equity Risk Factors 127

Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to a 2020 study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity , “Black Americans experience kidney failure at three times the rate of whites.” That same study asserted that “Many Black people lack access to diagnosis and treatment for chronic health issues.”

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