The Minnesota Department of Health has launched the Office of African American Health to combat racial disparities in healthcare, including the disparities in pain management for Black patients.
Black patients
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White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain
Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain
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‘In the Black community, we first need to acknowledge the understandable mistrust of medicine and healthcare that dates back hundreds of years.’