Public Health

Language and terminology is important when researching health disparities. Some research use a single overarching term, like "Minority health", while others focus on a particular issue, such as "oral health" or "food desserts".

You can use structured searches with boolean formatting to account for highly variable terminologies. For example:

("health disparities" OR "minority health" OR "minoritized populations" OR "healthcare access")

In some databases, like PubMed, you can use standardizes subject headings to find articles labeled as being about a particular subject.

In PubMed, the following subject headings relate to health disparities:

The above is an abbreviated list; contact your librarian for help with subject headings on PubMed or other databases.