health disparities on white paper

disparities background health white paper access advocacy barriers bias care chronic communities cultural-competence data determinants discrimination diversity economic education employment empowerment environment equality equity ethnicity families funding gender healthcare housing human-rights income inequality insurance intersectionality justice literacy marginalized medical mental-health nutrition outcomes patients policy poverty prevention programs providers public-health quality race resources risk rural safety screening services social-determinants social-justice social-work solutions standards statistics strategies stress structural-inequality sustainability systems training transportation underrepresented vaccination wellbeing