article thumbnail

Black History Month: Five Essential Resources about Racism in Public Health

CSTE

Throughout the years, African Americans have made invaluable contributions to public health. CSTE and the public health community have a responsibility to understand the historical effect of racism in our field and highlight the people who moved health equity forward despite that. Medicine: A Conversation with Harriet A.

article thumbnail

Maternal deaths rise, reversing two-year trend

The Hill

deaths per 100,000 live first in June of 2022, according to the data. The CDC referenced the World Health Organizations definition of a maternal death on its website. by race and ethnicity, with research showing that Black women have a much higher chance of dying during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum than white women.

62
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Low-income Washington state households still struggling with food insecurity as pandemic protections end

UW School of Public Health Blog

That’s one of the findings of a food survey of Washington residents from December 2022 to January 2023, run by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Washington State University. Food is so much more expensive now than pre-pandemic,” Otten said.

article thumbnail

Fair Training: Progress on reducing differential attainment in public health recruitment

Better Health For All

A core element of public health is to improve health and reduce inequalities in the populations we serve. In order to do that, it is important that the public health profession also examines itself for inequalities across its workforce and education and training.

article thumbnail

Be Careful What You Wish For

The Health Care Blog

I read the Stat News investigative piece “ Health care’s high rollers ,” by Bob Herman and colleagues, with interest but not much surprise. As Kaiser Family Foundation’s CEO Drew Altman told them, “Health care has become big business. for things like public health and oversight, and we’d still shave 25% of our current spending.

article thumbnail

The New Face of Cancer is Getter Younger and Younger

Black Health Matters

A study from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan found that less than half of people aged 18 to 25 exercised at least once a week in early 2022, and the situation hasn’t improved. Additionally, tobacco and alcohol use remain prevalent among younger generations, consistently harming their health.

article thumbnail

My Ob-Gyn Denied Me Care Because I’m Overweight

Black Health Matters

I was fat, so sending me to the gym was the only logical conclusion to addressing any health problem I had. Women Health Reports reported in 2022 that “Racism impacts clinician’s ability to listen to Black women’s experiences and treat them as equal partners in decision-making about their own care and treatment options.”