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Posted in Race & Health Equity Addressing childhood trauma before it becomes adult trauma United Way’s 80×3 initiative provides the resources for trauma-informed care in early childhood.
The report, “Defining the Role of the Health Equity Officer: Guidance for Health Systems,” outlines the key functions, values, responsibilities and competencies required for the position.
Stark disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic led to new health policy funding and interventions addressing social needs and social determinants of health to improve health equity. Lessons from ...
There is no lack of definitions of health equity—the American Public Health Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, National ...
The Joint Commission has created a Health Care Equity Resource Center to help hospitals achieve safer, more equitable care, the organization said Oct. 26.
Health equity plans may require allocating resources differently to achieve an equal outcome. In contrast, health equality provides the same resources to everyone regardless of circumstance.
The 7 th Issue of the Global Health Equity Research in Translation Series explores the “stock-out severity index” (SSI), a tool developed by University at Buffalo researchers to quantify the severity ...
Our health care system is a microcosm of U.S. society: its resources are not allocated fairly among races. Though various factors influence prevention and management of chronic diseases, access to ...
The $198,476 grant is meant to increase transportation access for customers to attend health and wellness appointments while ...
Health equity resources communities. Supported by a wide range of elected officials and lawmakers, as well as by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine, ...
While welcoming attendees, Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, UB’s vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, emphasized that “health equity is really the cornerstone of what we do here ...