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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology; founding director, Equity Research and Innovation Center, Yale School of Medicine.
CDC: “Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH),” “Health Equity Considerations & Racial & Ethnic Minority Groups,” “Overweight & Obesity,” “Preventing Chronic Disease: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adults Obesity in the United States: CDC’s Tracking to Inform State and Local Action,” “HIV and African Americans,” “Cancer Prevention and Control: Breast Cancer Rates Among Black Women and White Women,” “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."
FDA: “Fighting Diabetes’ Deadly Impact on Minorities.”
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: “Sickle Cell Disease.”
Issues in Mental Health Nursing: “Stigma of Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: “Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites.”
Ethnicity & Health: “Respect, trust, and the management of sickle cell disease pain in hospital: comparative analysis of concern-raising behaviors, preliminary model, and agenda for international collaborative research to inform practice.”
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on September 24, 2020
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