Department of Public Health, School of Health & Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA.
Department of Cancer Prevention & Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jun 17;21(6):785. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21060785.
Racism has been a long-standing influential factor that has negatively impacted both past and current health disparities within the United Sates population. Existing problems of racism and its impact on both health disparities and health inequalities were only amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic allowed both clinicians and researchers to recognize a growing list of health concerns at the macro-, meso-, and micro-level among underserved racially minoritized patients with specific chronic illnesses such as cancer. Based on these concerns, this Special Issue was designed to highlight the challenges of cancer screening, cancer treatment, and cancer-centered educational outreach among racially minoritized communities.
种族主义一直是一个长期存在的影响因素,对美国人口的过去和现在的健康差距都产生了负面影响。在 COVID-19 大流行期间,种族主义及其对健康差距和不平等的影响等现有问题进一步加剧。大流行使临床医生和研究人员都认识到,在服务不足的少数族裔慢性病患者(如癌症患者)中,从宏观、中观和微观层面上出现了越来越多的健康问题。基于这些担忧,本期特刊旨在强调少数族裔社区癌症筛查、癌症治疗和以癌症为中心的教育外展所面临的挑战。