Background Racism constitutes a barrier towards achieving equitable healthcare as
documented in research showing unequal processes of delivering, accessing, and receiving …

Objective: To summarize the ways in which researchers have quantified measures of
structural racism for the purposes of empirical, quantitative investigation of its associations …

Black women are experiencing pregnancy-related complications at a significantly higher
rate than women of other races in the US, as Black women are three to four times likely to …

A professional and moral medical education should equip trainees with the knowledge and
skills necessary to effectively advance health equity. In this Perspective, we argue that …

Beyond the tragic loss of life, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted HIV care delivery
throughout the US To meet the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) along the …

This study explores willingness to use PrEP among Black individuals in the US. From
February to April 2016, an online survey was administered to a nationally representative …

Intersectionality theory has been used by nursing scholars to offer insight into how multiple
systems of oppression mutually interact to impact health and to examine how multiple social …

Young black and Latinx men who have sex with men (YBLMSM) and transgender women
(YBLTW) are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Structural and social marginalization, the …

Transgender (trans) women experience unique barriers in accessing preventative health
services such as HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). These barriers may be exacerbated …

HIV remains a public health concern in the United States. Although pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP) can be expected to reduce HIV incidence, its uptake, adherence, and …