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Health: Page 305
Community Colleges
Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field
AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.
Faculty & Staff
National League for Nursing’s 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of Nursing
This year’s summit will focus on the much heralded recommendations contained in “The Future of Nursing,” a report issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, based on work done by the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.
Health
Are Mississippi’s HIV/AIDS Policies Making the Epidemic Worse for Black People?
Human Rights Watch found that the state’s failure to support sorely needed AIDS programs is negatively impacting the African-American community.
LGBTQ+
Report: Study of gay, transgender health needed
Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it’s time to study the unique health needs of gay and transgender people, too.
Health
Aetna Announces Funding for Research Projects Aimed at Reducing Infant Mortality Among African-Americans
Aetna and the Aetna Foundation today announced funding in support of three research projects aimed at driving down rates of infant mortality among African-American newborns, who are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as white infants.
Health
Nutrition class teaches South L.A. women to put health first
A nutrition class launched by the National Urban League is helping South Los Angeles women make healthier nutritional choices.
Health
Latinos and health: Blessed and cursed at the same time?
For Latinos, higher life expectancy is balanced by a higher risk of diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other afflictions
Health
Despite the health and economic benefits, breast-feeding among African-American mothers is disturbingly low
A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the journal Pediatrics found that only 40 percent of black women had ever breast-fed, compared with 70 percent of white women and 72 percent of Hispanic women.
Health
Cleveland Clinic doctor expands his work with Minority Men’s Health Center, health fair
Dr. Charles Modlin Jr. is determined to put an end to health disparities. It’s a problem that goes much deeper than, for example, the five-year difference in life expectancy for white versus black males.
Community Colleges
Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage
New Policy Brief underscores similar competencies among 2-Year, 4-year graduates.
Health
Ex-health secretary decries lack of diversity
Race or ethnicity still determines health status, access to health care and health outcomes, says Dr. Louis Sullivan, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Health
Fighting Heart Disease Among Black Women in Brooklyn
The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health has launched a major initiative to improve the cardiovascular health of African American and Afro-Caribbean women in Brooklyn, NY.
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