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Black and Hispanic Americans Have a Harder Time Quitting Cigarettes. Will This Penn Study Find a way to Help?

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to smoke cigarettes than white Americans. Yet once they’ve started, they’re more likely to stay hooked. National data show they successfully quit only about half as often as white smokers. These communities often have less access to nicotine-replacement therapy and counseling that can help them quit. But experts […]

December 4, 2018

Health Equity and Accountability Act Introduced

Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) introduced S.3630, the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2018 on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. HEAA lays out a comprehensive roadmap to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community, rural populations and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Read More

November 28, 2018

Undocumented immigrant

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

November 26, 2018

Transgender Mental Illness

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

November 26, 2018

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

November 26, 2018

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 […]

November 19, 2018

The Role of Pediatricians in Global Health

Ninety percent of the world’s children live in low- and middle-income countries, where barriers to health contribute to significant child morbidity and mortality. The American Academy of Pediatrics is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. To fulfill this promise, this policy statement defines the role of the pediatrician in global health and […]

November 19, 2018

Disrupting health disparities can make a difference in people’s lives

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV) – AARP Michigan and a host of 20+ partners put nine months into a study of disparities in the state’s health care system. Our findings and calls to action were released in a report on Oct. 2 at an event attended by more than 200 guests. Read More

November 14, 2018

Could artificial intelligence transform health systems?

In an October 22, 2018 article in the Journal of Global Health, Rifat Atun, professor of global health systems at Harvard Chan School, and co-authors write that machine learning—a field of artificial intelligence in which computers are programmed to “learn” from large quantities of data and to progressively improve performance on certain tasks—has the potential […]

November 14, 2018

Texas A&M Health Science Center Launches New Rural Health Study

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Texas A&M University Health Science Center today announced a new project to support collaborative care and healthy communities that will target identifying and implementing solutions to health care challenges facing rural and underserved communities in Texas. BCBSTX’s commitment of $10 million to Texas A&M Health Science […]

November 14, 2018

Racial disparities in sudden cardiac death rates cannot be explained by known risk factors

PHILADELPHIA–While it’s well reported that black patients are twice as likely as white patients to succumb to sudden cardiac death (SCD), the underlying factors that propel this disparity remain unknown. According to a first-of-its-kind study from Penn Medicine, published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers showed that even after […]

November 12, 2018

Planned Parenthood’s new President Warns of ‘State of Emergency’ for Women’s Health

Dr Leana Wen takes over as president of Planned Parenthood – America’s biggest, best-funded and most vilified reproductive healthcare institution – at a time of unprecedented attacks on the organization’s values and work. Last week, Alabama voters passed a fetal rights law; the Trump administration finalized rules to allow employers to opt out of health […]

November 12, 2018

Obesity Prevention Among Low-Income, Diverse Preschool-Aged Children and Parents

Childhood obesity is a serious health problem and disproportionately affects children of lower income and racial/ethnic minorities. Contributing factors to childhood obesity include the neighborhood environment, social influences, economic factors, the home environment, parenting behaviors, and child behavioral and biological factors. Previous pediatric obesity prevention interventions have been less effective than expected, perhaps in part […]

November 12, 2018

Social Stigma Worsens Mental Health With Autism

Stress related to social stigma may contribute to why people with autism experience more mental health problems than the general population, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in Society and Mental Health. Monique Botha and David M. Frost, Ph.D., both from the University of Surrey in Guildford, U.K., and colleagues assessed the utility […]

November 5, 2018

Low income explains poorer survival after a heart attack more than race, study finds

The deep divide between the health of black and white Americans has a long and painful history, drawing the attention of scholars from W.E.B. Du Bois in the late 19th century to public health researchers today who track seemingly intractable differences in health, medical treatment, life expectancy, and death. Read More

November 5, 2018

What HHP has Taught us About Mental Health in the Black Community

The death of hip-hop icon HHP (Hip Hop Pantsula), is a lesson for the black community to start taking mental health more seriously. He died in his Johannesburg home on 24 October, possibly after taking his own life. Social media was abuzz with tributes for the late star. Many expressed “unbelievable sadness” and urged others […]

November 5, 2018

Temple University’s Katz School of Medicine, Hunter College Awarded $13.5M NCI/NIH Grant For Cancer Health Disparities

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) and Hunter College of the City University of New York (Hunter) have jointly received a five-year, $13.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The award will underwrite creation of the Temple University Fox Chase Cancer Center (TUFCCC) and Hunter College (HC) Regional Comprehensive […]

November 1, 2018

Survey Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Public Health

At the launch of the autumn flu season and amid a rash of weather-related disasters affecting many states, nine in 10 registered voters (89%) believe public health departments play an important role in the health of their community, according to a new poll released today by the de Beaumont Foundation. Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, […]

November 1, 2018