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Could unifying outpatient practices help dismantle structural racism in health care?

Association of Health Care Journalists

Health care segregation isnt just a relic of the past. This segregation isnt legally mandated but its structurally ingrained, and it has real consequences for health outcomes, medical education, and systemic equity. Health care segregation in context The roots of health care segregation run deep.

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Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: It’s Origins And Equity

Black Health Matters

Mental health is a critical matter in our community, yet it is often hidden and minimized behind the curtains of stigma, misconceptions, and embarrassment. National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, observed every July, raises awareness and advocates for mental health equity.

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January 16, 2025

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Introducing the Fall 2024 MCH Innovations Database Practices Every Spring and Fall, the Innovation Hub hosts its bi-annual review of new, innovative, and impactful policies and practices in the maternal and child health (MCH) space. This past fall, we had EIGHT brand new practices accepted into the MCH Innovations Database !

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November 1, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Call for New AMCHP Association Committee Members is Open Through November 8 Are you interested in effecting meaningful change nationally and have your voice heard on maternal and child health (MCH) matters? Committees provide critical guidance to our board and staff and recommendations for policy analysis and development. How to Apply?

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The Network in 2025: Connecting Public Health, Community Needs, and Law and Policy Solutions

The Network for Public Health Law

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

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Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

Environmental Health News

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice Laura Diaz on how social and environmental stress impact childrens health And yet, most of our work at Partners for Equity and Research (the name of our environmental justice hub at Sonoma State University) has been done free of charge. To read a version of this story in Spanish click here.

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‘Dig into the complexities’ of domestic violence with this new reporter toolkit

Association of Health Care Journalists

We want to create a world where people treat domestic violence as a health equity issue and a multigenerational cycle that can be prevented. The playbook recommends reporting on programs, organizations and interventions that have successfully supported survivors and explains how they work and their impact.