Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine.
Am Psychol. 2022 Jul-Aug;77(5):633-645. doi: 10.1037/amp0001019.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines health disparities as "preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations." Health disparities are often the result of persistent unjust policies and discriminatory practices that increase the risk of vulnerable populations for poor health. Environmental, social, and behavioral factors-all areas of psychology's expertise-contribute to health disparities in interacting ways. This article describes health disparities, including the evidence for them, the role that psychology and the American Psychological Association (APA) can play in addressing the health disparities, and the work of the APA Presidential Task Force on Psychology and Health Equity, including the APA Resolution on Psychology and Health Equity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
美国疾病控制与预防中心将健康差距定义为“社会弱势群体在疾病、伤害、暴力或实现最佳健康机会方面所承受的可预防的负担差异”。健康差距往往是由于持续存在的不公正政策和歧视性做法造成的，这些政策和做法增加了弱势人群健康状况不佳的风险。环境、社会和行为因素——都是心理学专业知识的领域——以相互作用的方式导致健康差距。本文描述了健康差距，包括其存在的证据、心理学和美国心理协会（APA）在解决健康差距方面可以发挥的作用，以及 APA 心理与健康公平总统特别工作组的工作，包括 APA 关于心理与健康公平的决议。（《心理信息数据库》记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
