Minority Race / Ethnicity
Race and ethnicity significantly impact care disparities, varying by region. Addressing these cultural differences with sensitivity can greatly enhance care quality and outcomes.
Tools: Research Protocols
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Selected articles about how to improve diversity across movement disorder research
- Recruitment for Remote Decentralized Studies in Parkinson's Disease
- Community-based participatory research approach to address healthcare disparities confronting members of the Black Diaspora with Parkinson's disease**
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Selected research about racial inequalities in movement disorders across the globe
- Ethnic Disparities in Treatment of Chronic Pain in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease Living in the United Kingdom
- Confronting the consequences of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination on health and health-care systems
- Perceived discrimination in health care in Germany- results of a population survey
Surgical disparities
- Racial disparities in access to DBS: results of a real-world U.S. claims data analysis
- Black and hispanic patients with movement disorders less likely to undergo deep brain stimulation
- Disparities in access to deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease: interaction between African American race and Medicaid use
* Article is free for MDS Members (No-fee membership available for residents of low-income countries and trainees) / ** Article access managed by an external organization
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Race, ethnicity and gender in Parkinson’s disease
Further reading:
- Information: Black Community + Parkinson’s (Parkinson’s Foundation)
- Information: Hispanic and Latino Community + Parkinson’s (Parkinson’s Foundation)
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- Stigma
- Low Literacy
- Genetic Disparities
- Beliefs
- Rare and Understudied Diseases
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