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Penn Nursing Prof. Launches NowIKnow app to Promote Women’s Health and Cancer Prevention
Penn Nursing professor Anne Teitelman designed a new app to bring cervical cancer awareness and prevention to the daily lives of young women. The app, titled “NowIKnow,” encourages women to complete the three dose vaccine series for human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. Despite the effectiveness of the vaccine, Teitelman said many women […]
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Medical Experts Push for Cultural Competency Awareness
Dr. Francis Lu is a medical messenger. He travels to medical schools around the country spreading the importance of “cultural competence.” In other words, he is at the intersection of “cultural competence” and health care. “In the medical field,” Lu explains, “we need to do two things. One, provide patient-centered care, which means respecting and […]
Asian American Pacific Islander
Medical Experts Push for Cultural Competency Awareness
Dr. Francis Lu is a medical messenger. He travels to medical schools around the country spreading the importance of “cultural competence.”
Disparities
Exposure to Police Violence May Be Associated With Mental Health Disparities
The main findings are that police violence is relatively widespread in Baltimore and New York City, is disproportionately directed toward people of color and sexual or gender minorities, and is associated with psychological distress, suicidal behavior, and psychosis-like symptoms. Read More
Nursing
Survey of school nurses reveals lack of bathroom policies and bladder health education
In an online survey developed by the Society for Women’s Health Research, a majority of school nurses reported that the pre-K-12 schools they work for do not have written policies on student bathroom use and do not have education for students and teachers on bladder health. Read More
Policies
NYS set to unveil doula program to help women during childbirth
A pilot program attempted in 2011, now re-introduced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would cover doula services under Medicaid in Brooklyn. A doula, which in Greek translates to female servant, is non-medical care for women before, during and after childbirth. “A doula is someone that offers emotional and physical support and as well as what we […]
Blogs/Opinion
The new cholesterol guidelines: What you Need to Know
The new cholesterol guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association are out! These guidelines — last updated in 2013 — have been highly anticipated by the cardiology and broader medical community. They have been approved by a variety of additional professional societies, including the American Diabetes Association. Thus, the majority of […]
Disparities
The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons
Our November topic is “Minority Issues.” I conducted some additional research on this topic and came away with three very good articles. I strongly suggest you take time to review and then see if information contained in the articles coincides with your thoughts, or perhaps you may learn something new. Read More
Disparities
Review Highlights Challenges in Providing Healthcare Services to LGBTIQ Community
Sexually diverse people face greater challenges and there is a need to have more representative researches to provide evidence for advocacy and planning interventions in Bhutan. This is according to a review conducted by a project coordinator with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Sonam Wangdi. Read More
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Abortion rates in US reach a decade low, CDC reports
Abortion rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest level in 10 years, according to a report released Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2006 to 2015, the year of the latest completed survey, reported abortions from participating areas fell 24%, from 842,855 to 638,169. Read More
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Black in Fresno: A ‘Silent Crisis’ That’s Getting Worse
For generations, JePahl White’s family has been talking about Fresno’s inequities for its black residents. He describes it as a “silent crisis.” “One of my father’s admonishments was to leave Fresno and plant roots somewhere else because of the lack of opportunities for black people in the city of Fresno,” he said. Read More
Disparities
Activists Talk ‘Race, Racism, and Mental Health’ at Harvard Law School
Community organizers from the Boston area and across the United States convened this weekend for a two-day conference on “Race, Racism and Mental Health” hosted by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at the Harvard Law School. The conference comprised a series of panel discussions that touched on the intersection of race […]
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