A three-dimensional approach to the elimination of racial-ethnic disparities in lung health.
Significant racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities have been documented in asthma, lung cancer, sarcoidosis, vaccine-preventable pneumonias, tuberculosis, and HIV-related pulmonary infections. Given the complex causation of health disparities,and their resistance to simple interventions, the authors propose a three-dimensional approach for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities in America. The three dimensions include surveillance and monitoring, research into causes and potential cures, and rapid-cycle testing of interventions to reduce or eliminate disparities.
Satcher
David
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Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
Rust
George
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D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D044469:Racial Groups; D012106:Research; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology