Self-Administered Mind-Body Practices for Reducing Health Disparities: An Interprofessional Opinion and Call to Action.
Health disparities (HD) continue to persist in the United States which underscores the importance of using low-cost, accessible, evidence-based strategies that can improve health outcomes, especially for chronic conditions that are prevalent among underserved minority populations. Complementary/integrative health modalities, particularly self-administered mind-body practices (MBP), can be extremely useful in reducing HD because they are intrinsically patient-centered and they empower patients to actively engage in self-care of health and self-management of symptoms. Interprofessional healthcare providers and patients can engage in powerful partnerships that encompass self-administered MBP to improve health. This is a call to action for interprofessional researchers to engage in high-quality research regarding efficacy and cost-effectiveness of self-administered MBP, for practitioners to engage patients in self-administered MBP for health promotion, disease prevention, and symptom management, and for healthcare institutions to integrate self-administered MBP into conventional health practices to reduce HD in their communities.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, VA, USA.
Patricia A
0000-0001-9319-8922
PA
Kinser
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, VA, USA.
Jo Lynne W
0000-0003-3233-2897
JL
Robins
Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Division of Epidemiology, Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Saba W
SW
Masho
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