Global Health Equity
Health disparities exist both on a global level - with some countries unable to afford life-saving HIV treatment or even condoms - and within our nation's health care system, where we see persistent racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in medical care and overall health.
AMSA's National Initiative on Disparities - Global AIDS
The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic is the cause of the greatest health disparities in the world to date. The voice of health professionals is crucial to building a dedicated response to rid the world of AIDS. Find out more about the AIDS Advocacy Network.
AMSA Foundation American Health Care System Survey (2002)
In order to help direct medical education reforms that would enable medical schools to better address issues of health policy and disparities in health access, Jeff Huebner, M.D., AMSA's first Jack Rutledge Fellow, and the AMSA Foundation developed the first nationwide, randomized study of medical students' knowledge and attitudes about health policy, health care delivery, options for health care reform, and racial/ethnic disparities in health care access. Read the executive summary and final report.
Published Works
Wilson E; Grumbach K; Huebner J; Agrawal J; Bindman A.
Medical Student, Physician, and Public Perceptions of Health Care Disparities. Fam Med. 2004 Nov-Dec;36(10):715-21.