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Review
. 2024 May 13;38(1):34-40.
doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1786532. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Achieving Health Equity: Advancing Colorectal Surgery among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in America

Demario S Overstreet  1 , Robert H Hollis  1
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Review

Achieving Health Equity: Advancing Colorectal Surgery among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in America

Demario S Overstreet et al. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. .

Abstract

Racial inequities in short and long-term outcomes following colorectal surgery continue to persist. Using inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer as disease foci, we review existing racial inequities in surgical outcomes and complications, discuss how social determinants of health and biopsychosocial factors can contribute to these inequities, and highlight potential mechanisms for building interventions to achieve health equity following colorectal surgery for minority populations.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; colorectal surgery; inflammatory bowel disease; racial disparities; racial inequities.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest None declared.

Figures

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Example of a socioecological model illustrating the associations between SDOH and inequities in colorectal surgery.
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Example of a conceptual model for surgical inequities in colorectal surgery.
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