University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Outside Our Walls: the Case for City-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Disparities
UMMS Affiliation
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
Publication Date
2020-07-27
Document Type
Editorial
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Neoplasms | Race and Ethnicity | Translational Medical Research | Women's Health
Abstract
Boston, Massachusetts (MA), is known for its world-class health care institutions and groundbreaking therapies, including cancer. Yet the unfortunate reality is that these resources do not effectively reach all city residents. In a national study examining race-specific breast cancer mortality rates in the 50 largest US cities, Boston had the fifth highest Black-White disparity in breast cancer mortality. The most recent data from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) found that the premature breast cancer mortality rate was 78% higher for Black than for White women (14.1 vs. 7.9 per 100,000).
Keywords
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DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s11606-020-06006-7
Source
Haas JS, Lemon SC, Freund KM, Battaglia TA; Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) Consortium Writing Group. Outside Our Walls: the Case for City-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Disparities. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 27. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06006-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32720235. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of general internal medicine
PubMed ID
32720235
Repository Citation
Haas JS, Lemon SC, Freund KM, Battaglia TA, Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP) Consortium Writing Group. (2020). Outside Our Walls: the Case for City-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Disparities. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06006-7. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1796