TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of primary care research in understanding health inequities in the United States
AU - Heintzman, John
AU - Marino, Miguel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Board of Family Medicine. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Eliminating health and health care inequities is a longstanding goal of multiple United States health agencies, but overwhelming scientific evidence suggests that health and health care inequities persist in the United States, despite decades of research and initiatives to alleviate them. Because of its comprehensiveness, studying health inequities in the context of primary care allows for the use of multiple paradigms and methodologic approaches to understanding almost any state of health, disease, social challenge, or societal circumstance a patient or group of patients might face. We argue in this special communication that the many features/advantages of primary care research have valuable contributions to make in reducing health inequity, and scientists, journals, and funders should increase the incorporation of primary care approaches and findings into their portfolios to better understand and end health inequity.
AB - Eliminating health and health care inequities is a longstanding goal of multiple United States health agencies, but overwhelming scientific evidence suggests that health and health care inequities persist in the United States, despite decades of research and initiatives to alleviate them. Because of its comprehensiveness, studying health inequities in the context of primary care allows for the use of multiple paradigms and methodologic approaches to understanding almost any state of health, disease, social challenge, or societal circumstance a patient or group of patients might face. We argue in this special communication that the many features/advantages of primary care research have valuable contributions to make in reducing health inequity, and scientists, journals, and funders should increase the incorporation of primary care approaches and findings into their portfolios to better understand and end health inequity.
KW - Delivery of Health Care
KW - Health Care Disparities
KW - Primary Health Care
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U2 - 10.3122/JABFM.2021.04.210060
DO - 10.3122/JABFM.2021.04.210060
M3 - Article
C2 - 34312278
AN - SCOPUS:85112581574
SN - 1557-2625
VL - 34
SP - 849
EP - 852
JO - Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JF - Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
IS - 4
ER -