PatientEngagementHIT (5/2, Heath) reports the US “is still seeing the impacts of redlining and other forms of systemic racism, with recent data showing that redlining has resulted in present-day limits on patient access to mental healthcare,” according to research published in JAMA Network Open. The data “found that redlining caused nearly a 20-fold disparity in the mental healthcare workforce in Greensboro, North Carolina,” while “the mental healthcare workforce disparity was six-fold” in Richmond, Virginia. In both of these “communities, mental healthcare [professionals] were more densely located in neighborhoods historically deemed ‘favorable.’”
Related Links:
— “How Systemic Racism Impacts Patient Access to Mental Healthcare ” Sara Heath, PatientEngagementHIT , May 2, 2022