Curated and accessible data dashboards paired with hands-on training can support community-based organizations in addressing health inequities in their communities.
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Safety-net health clinics can use a variety of staff roles, processes, and resources to support patients to manage their blood pressure at home. High blood pressure, which affects about 45% of US adults, can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. In Ohio, adults with low-incomes and those from Black/African American or rural, Appalachian communities experience the largest disparities
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We successfully implemented a population-based, culturally adapted intervention to address low colorectal cancer screening completion in a US-Mexico border county and were successful at achieving increased screening rates in an underserved area.
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Nirsevimab (Beyfortus) is a significant advancement in the prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in infants, providing lasting protection with one dose, but its equitable distribution faces logistical, financial, and systemic hurdles, and necessitates tailored approaches in vulnerable communities like the American Indian or Alaska Native population.
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When cultural racism is entrenched in a society, how do we successfully do equity-focused and anti-racist work? Lonias Gilmore, Director of Health Equity and Social Justice for the Big Cities Health Coalition, shares strategies for adopting an asset-based perspective.
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How many of the public health agencies that have declared RPHC actually implemented the action strategies that they mentioned in their declarations and tracked progress towards achieving health equity?
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Without better quality data collected, community health needs assessments could possibly further health disparities because the priorities identified may only target a small subset of the population.
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Lack of consistent public reporting and transparency of COVID-19 vaccination data has impeded the ability to track the effectiveness of strategies that target vaccine equity.
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My new commentary “Conquering the Health Disparities of Structural Racism,” published in a special supplement of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, presents best practices for mitigating the effects of structural racism on the social determinants of health and thus, health disparities. Policies, processes, and systems rooted in racist ideologies, like redlining, and school segregation directly impact the health
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It is vital to ensure that PHAB accreditation is accomplished in a way that maximizes its impact on health equity and does not systematically leave out jurisdictions. In our article titled, “An Analysis of How Characteristics of Local Health Department Jurisdictions Influence Involvement in PHAB Accreditation: Implications for Health Equity,” my colleague, Ashlyn Lipnicky and I set out to explore
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