Health Equity

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In this Healio video exclusive, Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, looks back on changes since the release of the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Hypertension Guidelines.

Black, Hispanic and Native American fellows in training continue to be underrepresented in cardiology and its subspecialties despite diversity efforts, and systematic changes are needed to ensure equitable training opportunities.

Young Black adults living in a socially disadvantaged community were found to have greater risk for early subclinical atherosclerosis compared with young Hispanic adults in the same community, researchers reported.

Adults with a higher cardiometabolic disease staging score who also experience social determinants of health have increased risks for severe COVID-19 outcomes, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Historical housing discriminatory practices are associated with modern-day cardiometabolic disease and risk factors years after such practices were outlawed, according to an analysis of census-level data.

The prevalence of optimal cardiometabolic health among U.S. adults declined in the past 2 decades, with disparity gaps widening based on age, sex, education and race, researchers reported.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, discussed the Heart in Diabetes CME conference presentation, “Digital Health Technology and Mobile Devices in Diabetes and Heart Disease.”

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA, discussed the recent American Heart Association scientific statement on health equity in managing CV risk in type 2 diabetes.

PHILADELPHIA — CVD trends, particularly for HF, have gotten worse since 2011, and a way to address them may be to focus on health equity and begin prevention early, a speaker said at the Heart in Diabetes CME conference.

LONDON — The Gender-Equity Model for Liver Allocation and its sodium-corrected variant were better predictors of mortality or delisting in patients awaiting liver transplantation and may correct gender disparities, according to research.