Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A rapidly changing healthcare landscape is erecting more challenges than ever for people who require ongoing intervention. According to a 2020 study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity , “Black Americans experience kidney failure at three times the rate of whites.”

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

When it comes to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and social determinants of health (SDoH), it’s clear that these issues go hand in hand, especially for the Black community. In the Black community, adverse SDoH, like poverty and housing instability, are associated with increased disease activity and poorer health outcomes.

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Sheffield DPH

DECEMBER 1, 2024

We have, bluntly, not transitioned the health care system from something about acute / episodic / largely single illness to chronic / ongoing / largely multiple illnesses all at once. Nor have we achieved the shift from hospital to community. Tinkering with the system as it is now, or something more fundamental.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 40

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Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 19, 2025

While the number of transplants for Black and Hispanic recipients grew slightly in 2024 compared to 2023 , these modest gains havent erased the deep-rooted inequities in the system. A previous study of over 42,000 kidney transplant candidates found similar racial disparities especially for patients with complex immune system profiles.

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NC Health News

APRIL 11, 2025

The school joins a growing network across North Carolina where students dont have to leave school to be seen for physical or behavioral health needs. The implications underscored the enhancement of healthcare access, early anomaly detection, and the elevation of nursing leadership within the telehealth domain.

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HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. With New York City on the brink of losing two hospitals, city council members pressed health and hospital leaders on the local impacts of the closures during an oversight hearing on Tuesday.

Mental Health and Public Health 57

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Black Health Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These theories may have been constructed centuries ago, but they are still perpetuated today by practicing healthcare professionals of varying backgrounds. Dr. Uché Blackstock is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity and the author of “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

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