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Welcome to the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research (CHCR) blog. CHCR partners with communities and works in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute community outreach, engagement initiatives, and health equity research to address the needs of the communities we serve.
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— By Clarence Jones Clarence Jones, a community leader in Minneapolis and long-time Mayo research collaborator, shares his thoughts and experiences on the importance of…
–By Jessica Otero. Originally published on the Harvard Medical School Primary Care blog. Historic factors driving health disparities among the diverse Latino population in the…
The RISE for Equity: Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen & Empower 2021 event Nov. 4–6 will explore innovative initiatives that are advancing health equity, and diversity and inclusion…
Mayo Clinic's Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, now in its third year, is bustling with activity ― constantly innovating to promote health equity…
At any given time, Mayo Clinic has more than 3,000 clinical trials underway to solve the world's most challenging medical problems. Clinical trials help researchers discover and apply…
Native Americans are often “invisible,” constantly pushed back into obscurity by society. Though Native Americans are subjected to direct and indirect injustices, their struggles often…
When Dr. Essa Mohamed heard Dr. Lewis Roberts speak about liver cancer and hepatitis in the Somali population at a community meeting in 2011, he wanted to work with…
Mayo Clinic doctors are raising awareness about health care disparities that impact minority groups in the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected minority communities…
Cardiovascular diseases—such as stroke —are a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. African American men and women are more likely to have a…
Introducing a new vaccine to the public involves many steps – vaccine development, clinical trials, FDA approval, manufacturing and distributing. In a conversation with healthcare…
Minority populations are often underrepresented in genome sequencing studies, and this may affect therapy selection for Black patients with cancer, according to new Mayo Clinic…
"The term health care equity actually implies justice and fairness, as well as intentional action," says Dr. Chyke Doubeni, Director of Mayo Clinic's Center for…
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