Inequitable Access and Outcomes: Health Care Disparities in Surgical Weight-Loss Procedures
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Inequitable Access and Outcomes: Health Care Disparities in Surgical Weight-Loss Procedures is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC.
Course Start Date: Monday, December 27, 2021
Course Expiration Date: Friday, December 27, 2024
Statement of Need:
Structural racism and systemic barriers to health care access can lead to increased risk and burden in surgical weight-loss procedures. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia reported a 35% or higher prevalence rate of obesity in non-Hispanic Black adults. It is well established that obesity contributes to worse health outcomes. In order to mitigate disparities and ensure access to surgical weight-loss procedures, it is imperative that healthcare providers (HCPs) are aware of their own implicit/explicit biases about candidacy for weight-loss treatment or bariatric surgery. Similarly, there is a need to develop interprofessional team approaches to care in order to improve both preventative and follow-up care in patients with obesity.
This CMEOCast podcast will focus on the negative impact of inequitable access to surgical weight-loss procedures, including the key contributing factors for disparities in weight-loss surgery and strategies for mitigating these disparities.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:
• Assess key contributing factors for health care disparities in surgical weight-loss procedures.
• Identify strategies to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in surgical weight-loss procedures and outcomes.