Health disparities

• Fact Sheet: Health Disparities

  Health disparities definitions vary but they all address differences in health status between one population group in comparison to a more advantaged group and most address issues of social justice and equity.

• Fact Sheet: Health Disparities and Stress

  Social and biological stress on health suggests a link between socioeconomic status and ethnic societal disparities.

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons & Socioeconomic Status

  Discrimination of LGBT persons in the workplace is a significant factor in the differences in socioeconomic status for LGBT persons.

Getting Help

• Find a Psychologist
• Ethnicity and Health in America Series

  Raising public awareness concerning the varied health concerns of America’s people of color, while highlighting psychology's positive impact.

Monitor on Psychology Articles

• Update on the Affordable Care Act

  September 2012

• How psychologists are helping to reduce health disparities

  July 2012

• Inequity to equity

  January 2012

• Expanding care

  December 2011

APA Offices and Programs

• Health Disparities Initiative

  The initiative increases support for research, training, public education and interventions that improve health and reduce health disparities among underserved and vulnerable populations. Check back for news and nominations information.

• Socioeconomic Status Office

  The Office on Socioeconomic Status is responsible for directing, overseeing, facilitating and promoting psychology’s contribution to the understanding of SES and the lives and well-being of the poor.

• Public Interest Directorate

  Applies psychology to the fundamental problems of human welfare and the promotion of equitable and just treatment of all segments of society through education, training and public policy.