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National Minority Health Month 2024

Every April, National Minority Health Month seeks to build "awareness about the disproportionate burden of premature death and illness in people from racial and ethnic minority groups". In 2024, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. reviewed the innovative research from across our entire journal portfolio. We have hand-selected a collection of recently published articles addressing landmark concerns in the field of minority health care to inform our community on significant discoveries from our related journals. All articles below are available freely online for the entire month of April.


HEALTH EQUITY

The Importance of Community-Based and Community-Partnered COVID-19 Testing for Reducing Disparities Among African American Populations

Chavon Hamilton-Burgess, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Jenifer Allsworth, Carole Bowe Thompson, Frank E. Thompson, Tacia Burgin, Eric D. Williams, and Kathryn P. Derose



HEALTH EQUITY

Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation

Alicia Swartz, Denise Dawkins, Claire Valderama-Wallace, and Michelle DeCoux Hampton


HEALTH EQUITY

Understanding Clinician Knowledge About Race Adjustment in the Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Calculator

Julia Cron, Amelia A. Shapiro, Laura Carasimu, Julia Iyasere, Johanna M. Schisler, Szilvia Nagy, Sandra Angus, Anna Burgansky, Ashlesha K. Dayal, Tracy Bohn Hemmerdinger, Denise Howard, Corrina Oxford-Horrey, Donald C. Phillibert, Jean-Ju Sheen, and Dena Goffman


POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Among the Acute Coronary Syndrome Population

Abraham Enyeji, Boubakari Ibrahimou, Noël C. Barengo, Gilbert Ramirez, and Alejandro Arrieta


AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS

Neurocognitive, Sociocultural, and Psychological Factors Impacting Medication Beliefs Among HIV-Seropositive Latinx Adults

Armando Fuentes, Kelly Coulehan, Desiree Byrd, Alyssa Arentoft, Caitlin Miranda, Miguel Arce Rentería, Jennifer Monzones, Ana Rosario, and Monica Rivera Mindt



AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS

A Community-Based Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Program Focused on Latinx Sexual Minority Men

Elí A. Andrade, Gabriela Betancourt, Gustavo Morales, Omar Zapata, Lissette Marrero, Sage Rivera, Eric Nieves, Carolina Miranda, Chanelle Diaz, Robert Beil, Viraj V. Patel, and Jonathan Ross


POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT

A Population Health Proposal for Increasing Breast Cancer Screening to Reduce Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer: Getting the Village Back Together

Scott D. Siegel, Jennifer P. Rowland, Dawn J. Leonard, Nora Katurakes, Heather Bittner-Fagan, Matthew Hoffman, Robert Hall-McBride, LeRoi S. Hicks, and Nicholas J. Petrelli



POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Addressing Maternal Health Disparities: Building a Novel Two-Generation Approach to Comprehensive Postpartum Care

Anne Elizabeth Glassgow, Melissa Wagner-Schuman, Amanda Knepper, Abigail Holicky, Maria Angulo, Arden Handler, Bianca Harris, Erin Hickey, Yolanda Manrique, Ana Mauro, Aida Rodriguez, Jennifer Schulte, Shirley Scott, Samuel Wainwright, and Rachel Caskey


LGBT HEALTH

Examining Mental Health and Bullying Concerns at the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Among a National Sample of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth

Ryan J. Watson, Antonia E. Caba, Samantha E. Lawrence, Benton M. Renley, Peter S. McCauley, Christopher W. Wheldon, Lisa A. Eaton, Stephen T. Russell, and Marla E. Eisenberg



HEALTH EQUITY

Race and Socioeconomic Status: Interlinked Drivers of Sleep Health Disparities

Oragun Rojanapairat, Abigail Beggs, Michelle Zeidler, and Bharati Prasad


LGBT HEALTH

Examining Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association of Victimization and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors with Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Youth

Robert Rosales, Christina M. Sellers, Christina S. Lee, Bryan Santos, Kimberly O'Brien, and Suzanne M. Colby