Racial, Ethnic Disparities Persist in OUD Treatment
Black and Hispanic patients with a disability had a tougher time getting medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) despite frequent contact with healthcare providers, Medicare claims data showed. Within 180 days of an index OUD-related event, Black patients received a prescription for buprenorphine 12.7% of the time, Hispanic patients 18.7% of the time, and […]
Higher Rates of Staph Infection for Hispanics on Dialysis, CDC Says
Hispanic dialysis patients have significantly higher rates of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections compared with white dialysis patients, according to a CDC study. In 2020, rates of S. aureus bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients were 40% higher among Hispanic patients versus non-Hispanic whites (adjusted rate ratio [aRR] 1.4, 95% CI 1.2-1.7, P<0.001), reported Shannon Novosad, MD, […]
Stigma, Health Discrimination Common for Hispanic Adults With HIV
Reports of stigma and healthcare discrimination run high among Hispanic adults with HIV, according to an analysis of self-reported data from the U.S. in 2018 to 2020. Of 2,690 people interviewed, the overall median HIV stigma score was 31.7 on a scale of 0 to 100 for this population, with higher median scores among women […]
9 Hispanic Medical Pioneers
4 of 10 Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN Known as “the Hispanic whirlwind,” Murillo-Rohde was a nurse, advocate, and educator. Originally from Panama, she immigrated to the U.S., where she eventually became the first Hispanic dean of nursing at New York University. She also founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, emphasizing the importance of attracting […]
Certain Groups Left Behind in HIV Preventive Care
Black and Hispanic individuals at risk for HIV, as well as young adults and people with substance use disorder (SUD), were more likely to experience gaps in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care, a retrospective study showed. Examining electronic health record (EHR) data of people linked to PrEP care from 2012 to 2019, Black (HR 0.74, 95% […]