title: Promoting a new research agenda: health disparities research at the intersection of disability, race, and ethnicity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Differences in access to and receipt of health care have been extensively documented across racial and ethnic groups. Similarly, a growing body of research has documented disparities between people with and without disabilities in obtaining needed health care. However, our understanding of the intersection of disability with race and ethnicity in health care is very limited.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this supplement is to begin to bridge the gap between research on racial and ethnic health disparities and research on disability-related health disparities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The papers in this supplement examine evidence of racial and ethnic disparities within various populations of people with disabilities, and explore unique issues at the intersection of disability, race, and ethnicity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The studies in this issue provide a starting point, and are intended to serve as an impetus for building a more robust literature on health care issues impacting the expanding segment of United States population that both experience disability and belong to racial and ethnic groups other than non-Hispanic white.
authors.affiliation: *Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR †Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL ‡National Center for Cultural Competence, Center for Child Health and Human Development, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Willi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horner-Johnson
authors.forename: Glenn T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Fujiura
authors.forename: Tawara D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Goode
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005006:Ethnicity; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups; D012107:Research Design