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. 2022 Nov;87(5):1220-1222.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.05.070. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

A health equity framework to address racial and ethnic disparities in melanoma

Avani M Kolla  1 , Azizi Seixas  2 , Prince Adotama  1 , Victoria Foster  3 , Simona Kwon  3 , Vivienne Li  1 , Ann Y Lee  4 , Jennifer A Stein  1 , David Polsky  5
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A health equity framework to address racial and ethnic disparities in melanoma

Avani M Kolla et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: disparities; health equity; melanoma; skin cancer.

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Conflicts of interest None disclosed.

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Fig 1.
This Melanoma Health Equity Framework centers around race and ethnicity. The inner gray circles represent how individual, community, and structural level social determinants of health interact to impact care. The outer 13 colored circles denote barriers to the 3 steps in the pathway in care: (1) blue corresponds to barriers to awareness of concerning skin lesions and melanoma risk; (2) purple corresponds to access and medical assessment; and (3) green corresponds to acceptance of and adherence to treatment and/or follow up recommendations. Although certain barriers may be more likely to impact specific aspects of care (ie, lack of melanoma knowledge impacts overall awareness), it is important to note that these barriers also influence other aspects of care (ie, lack of melanoma knowledge may result in decreased understanding of the importance of timely treatment and act as a barrier to follow-up care). Circles shaded in multiple colors highlight how these barriers can impact multiple aspects of the care pathway.
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