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Section: Disparities
Disparities
College Students Work to Boost Access to Morning After Pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The calls and text messages arrive directly to Michyah Thomas’s iPhone. They come from other students at Hampton University in need of the morning-after pill or in search of a ride to a health center or a hand to hold. They reach Thomas, a 21-year-old at Hampton, through a hotline she and […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
6 Most Diverse Hospitals, Health Systems
Six hospitals and health systems were named the most diverse in the U.S., according to DiversityInc’s 2019 rankings. The ranking of healthcare organizations is a specialty list included in DiversityInc’s annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity ranking. Read More
May 20, 2019
Disparities
All Of Us Research Study, With Goal To Recruit 1 Million Participants, Turns 1 Year Old
A massive National Institutes of Health study with a recruitment hub in Pittsburgh has turned a year old. The All of Us precision medicine project has an aim to recruit 1 million people, and it still has a long way to go. The goal is to assemble a vast database for future research studies, with […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
Millions of California Children Don’t Receive Preventive Care
Marilyn Espinoza of Los Angeles wouldn’t dream of missing a well-child visit for her son, 1-year-old Matthew Perez. Whenever she has a concern about Matthew’s health, she brings it up during his well-child appointment at QueensCare Health Clinic in Hollywood. It’s thanks to these regular check-ins with Matthew’s pediatrician, covered by his Medi-Cal plan, that […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
Auburn University Nursing Researchers Use Therapy Dogs to Assist Dementia Patients
Researchers in the Auburn University School of Nursing found animal-assisted therapy promotes social engagement among adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments. Assistant Professor Morgan Yordy and Associate Clinical Professor Stuart Pope studied the possible benefits with the school’s therapy dogs — Miller, Choa and Daisy — at a community respite ministry at Auburn United Methodist Church. REACH, […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
College Students Face Unique Mental Health Challenges
When Mary Rose Bernal sought help for her eating disorder during her first year of college in Iowa, she said she felt like she had to educate her Iowa providers “who should have known better.” Bernal, 21, originally from San Jose, California, and a spring 2019 graduate of Grinnell College, has struggled with an eating […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
America Needs More Mental Health Providers. Nurses Want to Help, if States Let Them.
More than half of American adults and 80 percent of children with mental-health needs do not receive treatment, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s mental-health website. Some don’t want to seek care and the cost of treatment is a barrier for others. But even those with resources who want care are running into a […]
May 13, 2019
Disparities
Despite Efforts to Boost Their Numbers, Blacks Account For Just 6% of Doctors in SC
Kelsey Williams is one of 103 students in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville’s Class of 2020. But she’s one of just five who is Black. Nationally, African Americans make up 13.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census. In South Carolina, they are 27.3 percent. Yet they only make up about […]
May 13, 2019
Disparities
University of Holy Cross, LCMC Health Team up to Launch Physician Assistant Program
The University of Holy Cross has partnered with LCMC Health to launch a new Master of Science graduate degree for physician assistants. The inaugural program will launch in Fall 2020 and will include on-the-job training for UHC students by doctors and other medical professionals at three of LCMC Health’s five hospitals in and around New Orleans, according to […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
Johns Hopkins University to Open New Center That Focuses on School Safety And Health
The Johns Hopkins University announced Monday that it will create a new interdisciplinary center for school safety and health, the first in the nation in higher education. The center, announced at a conference of Education Writers Association being held this week in Baltimore, will bring together more than two dozen faculty from disciplines as diverse as education […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
UAB Awards $2.7 Million to Improve Health Rankings by 2030
An employee at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her team received millions of dollars in awards from the university last week for her campaign aimed at making Alabama a healthier state by 2030. Mona Fouad, director of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, and her project “Healthy Alabama 2030: Live […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
Brown University Launches Research on HIV in PH, Other Health Issues
A team of faculty and student scholars from the Brown University School of Public Health launched a new initiative to centralize research focused on improving health outcomes among Filipinos and Filipino Americans. The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service and Training will bring together the work of researchers from across the School of Public Health […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
College Updates Medical Leave of Absence Policy to Aid Students Who Struggle With Mental Health Issues
The college recently revised its policy for students who require a leave of absence. The revised policy allows students who encounter medical problems to take a leave with greater leeway. The Jed Foundation, a non-profit mental health group, evaluated the college’s mental health services and recommended that the college institute a change to the existing […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
Hundreds of Students And Staff From Two L.A. Universities Remain Quarantined Amid Measles Scare
Hundreds of students, staff and faculty at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined because they may have been exposed to measles, according to Los Angeles County health officials, the latest development in a resurgence of the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in 2000. Officials at California State University at Los Angeles alerted […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
Clinic Run by Nurses Opens at Augusta University
Augusta University President Brooks Keel walked past the ribbon and up to College of Nursing Dean Lucy Marion. “You’ve been looking forward to this for a few days?” he said jokingly. “A few decades?” Try 15 years. But on Friday, Keel, Marion and others cut the ribbon on the school’s Nurse-Managed Health Center, a dream […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
A Rush For Nurses Strains Colleges And Hospitals as Health Care Booms in Pittsburgh
After 19 hours on a plane, Sandra Ajao fought off jet lag as she faced flashing neon lights, booming music and the crash of bowling pins on a recent weekday afternoon in Harmar. Inside a mostly vacant Zone 28 family fun center, dozens of people congregated around several lanes and a counter stacked with pizzas and […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
OHSU Study Offers Hope For People With Multiple Sclerosis
In multiple sclerosis, the immune system eats away at the sheath that protects the nerves, disrupting signals between the brain and the body and causing problems in walking and eyesight. No drugs have ever been developed to restore that protective layer, called myelin. But a study out Thursday from Oregon Health & Science University offers […]
April 19, 2019
Disparities
AU Offering Free Health Physicals to Students
The school year is quickly coming to an end but for some student-athletes, there’s no such thing as an offseason. News 12 found out how Augusta University Health is helping high school athletes get their physicals without breaking the bank. Read More
April 19, 2019
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