In this study we identified groupings of US states with similar laws related to structural racism, and we assessed associations with premature mortality rates overall and among non-Hispanic Black and ...
Health inequity is not a concept that everyone is familiar with, but it is an issue that employers need to address. To understand the inequity part, let's first look at what health equity is. The CDC ...
Orange County Supervisors have declared racism and societal inequity a public health crisis, citing a recent spike in race-based attacks and violence and studies that have tied racism to negative ...
Boston Medical Center is a leader in addressing social needs and health disparities. Here's how they're seeing success. With an estimated 80% of health outcomes affected by social determinants of ...
Hawaiian values guide students in seeing health not just as a biological phenomenon but as a social, cultural, and spiritual ...
At Independence Blue Cross (IBX), we’ve made a powerful commitment to advancing health equity in the communities we serve. That starts with acknowledging health inequities wherever they exist. In our ...
Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters ([email protected]), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cydney M. McGuire, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Racial and ethnic health inequities are ...
It’s time for healthcare organizations to label health inequities as “never events” and abandon the idea that eliminating them is a “journey” or “marathon,” Maulik Joshi, DrPH, president and CEO of ...
Adapted from "Inequality Kills Us All: Covid-19’s Health Lessons for the World," by Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. In 1992, a publication appeared in the British Medical Journal written by Richard ...
A new study by USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology researchers shows that Americans with less education are aging faster than their peers with more schooling, and the gap has grown over the last ...
PrEP, available as a daily pill or an injection every eight weeks, significantly reduces the risk of contracting HIV. As ...