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Racial and Gender Discrimination When Tailoring Medical Management to Hypertension Treatment in Latin America
Indexado
WoS WOS:001493553400001
DOI 10.1093/AJH/HPAF050
Año 2025
Tipo revisión

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

% Participación
Internacional

Autores
Afiliación Extranjera

Instituciones
Extranjeras


Abstract



Discrimination in cardiovascular healthcare, particularly concerning hypertension treatment, is a significant and complex issue in Latin America, driven by biases related to gender, ethnicity, and economic status. Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, disparities in healthcare delivery endure, especially impacting marginalized populations. Women, ethnic minorities, and economically disadvantaged groups encounter considerable barriers, including underrepresentation in clinical research, delayed diagnoses, and unequal access to guideline-recommended treatments. Economic disparities maintain a divided healthcare system in which the quality of treatment often directly correlates with socioeconomic status, reinforcing inequities and adversely affecting health outcomes in lower-income communities. Ethnic discrimination, stemming from deeply ingrained social biases, leads to inadequate care and limited access to advanced medical technologies, disproportionately impacting indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. Addressing these systemic inequities requires comprehensive strategies that ensure equitable participation in clinical trials, develop tailored public health policies sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural contexts, and implement targeted educational initiatives. Healthcare systems must actively dismantle entrenched biases, improve access for economically disadvantaged communities, and guarantee that ethnic minorities receive treatment of equal quality. The Inter-American Society of Hypertension emphasizes that removing these discriminatory barriers reduces the burden of cardiovascular disease and enhances overall health outcomes across Latin America. This document endorses consensus recommendations detailed in positions 1 through 4, which tackle specific challenges related to personalized care, racial biases in treatment algorithms, socioeconomic healthcare inequalities, and gender disparities in hypertension management.

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Peripheral Vascular Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Scopus
Internal Medicine
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Publicaciones WoS (Ediciones: ISSHP, ISTP, AHCI, SSCI, SCI), Scopus, SciELO Chile.

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Autores - Afiliación



Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Alcocer, Luis Hombre Inst Mexicano Salud Cardiovasc - México
2 Schiffrin, Ernesto L. - MCGILL UNIV - Canadá
3 Fink, Gregory - Michigan State Univ - Estados Unidos
4 Gironacci, Mariela M. - UNIV BUENOS AIRES - Argentina
5 Irigoyen, Maria Claudia - UNIV SAO PAULO - Brasil
6 Palei, Ana C. - Univ Mississippi - Estados Unidos
7 Prieto, Minolfa C. - TULANE UNIV - Estados Unidos
8 Punzi, Henry - Punzi Med Ctr - Estados Unidos
9 de Salazar, Dora Ines Molina - Univ Caldas - Colombia
10 Ponte-Negretti, Carlos - Venezuelan Fdn Prevent Cardiol - Venezuela
11 Ortellado, Jose - Univ Uninorte - Paraguay
12 Penaherrera, Ernesto Hombre Hosp Luis Vernaza - Ecuador
13 Piskorz, Daniel - Rosario British Sanat - Argentina
14 Rosas, Martin - Inst Nacl Cardiol - México
15 Valdez, Osiris - Ctr Especial Med Romana Cemer Clin - República Dominicana
16 Villar, Raul - IntegraMed Serena - Chile
17 Wyss, Fernando - Unidad Cardiol Cardiovasc Serv & Technol Guatemala - Guatemala
18 Ferrario, Carlos M. - Wake Forest Sch Med - Estados Unidos

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Financiamiento



Fuente
NIH
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The Inter-American Society of Hypertension

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Agradecimientos



Agradecimiento
This publication was supported by WAK24022 Wake Forest University Open Access Agreement. Carlos M Ferrario is a recipient of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant HL-051952 and National Aging Institute 1 R21 AG070371-01 from the NIH.

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