Existing health disparities in congenital heart disease: the path forward to achieving health equity—A scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC
There is increasing recognition that social determinants of health affect outcomes in individuals with congenital heart disease and cause health disparities. This scientific statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology provides an outline of the existing disparities from a global perspective in this population. We review the current knowledge on racial and ethnic patterns and the role of deprivation status, food insecurity, built environment, financial strain, psychological health and parental distress and education and literacy in creating inequities. Finally, we provide future directions for policy, research, and clinical practice in achieving health equity in the congenital heart disease population.
Authors
- Johannes Nordmeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-5773)
- Delphine De Smedt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7035-8508)
- Paul F. Kantor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4244-1563)
- Monica Tiberi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3806-7265)
- Maria Simonenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-1188)
- Peter Krämer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4780-5271)
- Eva Goossens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3421-5256)
- Kira Kuschnerus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-373X)
- Aparna Kulkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-6931)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre (RU)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DE)
- Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (US)
- Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale (IT)
- Cohen Children's Medical Center (US)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Department of Public Health (MM)
- Department of Public Health (US)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf052
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71