Escalon Miguel X, Houtrow Amy, Skelton Felicia, Verduzco-Gutierrez Monica
Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York (MXE), NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AH), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for Innovations in Quality (FS), Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX; H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (FS), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (MV-G), Lozano Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;11(6):e893-e895. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001095.
The authors describe the disparities and increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury Black Americans face because of violence. This article should serve as a realization of these inequities and as a call to action to improve the equity of rehabilitation services in this population to improve outcomes.
作者描述了美国黑人因暴力而面临的创伤性脊髓损伤的差异和风险增加。本文应促使人们认识到这些不平等现象,并呼吁采取行动,改善这一人群康复服务的公平性,以改善治疗效果。