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Health Equity Fact Sheet Health Equity CDC - Centers for …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to ensuring health equity is embedded in an all-of-public health approach to overcoming persistent health disparities and health inequities across a range of population groups that …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/core/fact-sheet/index.html

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Health Equity Fact Sheet The Administration for Children and …

(4 days ago) WEBHealth Equity Fact Sheet. Listen. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) promotes health equity through comprehensive efforts that support the health of pregnant women and people, children, youth, families, and communities. Equity is a driving factor throughout ACF. Focused efforts include incorporating equity into practices such as

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/equity/health-equity-factsheet

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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity

(6 days ago) WEBThe BRFSS survey measures eleven types of ACEs among adults. As of 2021, AIAN (31%), Black (22%) and Hispanic (22%) adults were more likely than White (19%) adults to have experienced four or more

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/report/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/

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Health Disparities and Health Equity: Maximizing the Power of …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth equity refers to social justice in health—equal access to care for all persons, disadvantaged or not, and the right to be healthy. Health disparities are one metric by which we can measure progress toward achieving health equity.1 The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) is an excellent source of information on health-related

https://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/default-source/nsch-docs/health-disparities-and-health-equity_11-5-21.pdf?sfvrsn=bbca5f17_2

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Fact Sheet: Advancing Health Equity Across HHS HHS.gov

(3 days ago) WEBHHS is committed to improving maternal health and advancing health equity. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) finance more than 4 in 10 births in the U.S. and are an important source of maternal health care. HHS has encouraged states to take up a new option to extend postpartum coverage under Medicaid and CHIP from …

https://www.hhs.gov/equity/fact-sheet-advancing-health-equity-across-hhs/index.html

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Data and Statistics - Health Equity - Library Guides at UC Berkeley

(2 days ago) WEBThe Health Equity Monitor currently includes over 30 reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health indicators, disaggregated by education, economic status, place of residence (rural vs. urban), subnational region and child's sex (where applicable) to illuminate Inequality in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.

https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/publichealth/healthequity/data

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How Do We Define and Measure Health Equity? The State of …

(3 days ago) WEBThe definition of health equity developed during the establishment of Healthy People 2020 was one of the most widely cited definitions identified in this review.7 The tool estimates children's expected earnings distributions, incarceration rates, and other outcomes in adulthood by parental income, race, and gender. The atlas emphasizes that

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311469/

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Addressing Child Health Equity Through Clinical Decision-Making

(Just Now) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has thrust a spotlight on the reality that pediatricians have long understood: Children from disadvantaged groups, including children of color and those living in poverty, experience worse health outcomes relative to their more privileged peers.1–3 This is the very definition of health inequity.4 Health inequity is …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/149/2/e2021053698/184449/Addressing-Child-Health-Equity-Through-Clinical

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WHO releases the largest global collection of health inequality data

(9 days ago) WEBThe data from the repository show that, in just a decade, the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women, newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved. They also reveal that, in these countries, eliminating wealth-related inequality in under-five mortality could help save the lives of 1.8 million children.

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-04-2023-who-releases-the-largest-global-collection-of-health-inequality-data

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In Pursuit of Health Equity in Pediatrics - PMC - National Center …

(3 days ago) WEBOver 2010-2019, the number of publications retrieved with the key words “health equity” and a term for pediatrics (“pediatric,” “pediatrics,” “child,” or “children”) increased from 2 to 40, and the number of publications identified with the key words “health disparities” and a term for pediatrics increased from 9 to 80

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7963264/

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Health Equity Monitor - World Health Organization (WHO)

(7 days ago) WEBThe Health Equity Monitor database currently includes data for more than 30 reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) indicators, disaggregated by six dimensions of inequality (economic status, education, place of residence (rural vs. urban) and subnational region, as well as age and sex, where applicable).

https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/health-equity-monitor

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Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care

(8 days ago) WEBThe U.S. spends less on economic and social supports for children and working- age adults than most other high-income countries, and the lack of adequate investment in this area likely contributes significantly to racial and ethnic inequities in health outcomes. 48 Federal and state policymakers could expand economic support for lower …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2021/nov/achieving-racial-ethnic-equity-us-health-care-state-performance

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A Call for Research to Advance Health Equity for Children …

(8 days ago) WEBTo improve child health equity, research representing children hospitalized at both children’s hospitals and general hospitals is needed. This study by Gill et al, 5 and analogous efforts in the US, provide an evidence-based foundation from which to prioritize common and costly conditions for pediatric research. Many of the conditions

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2788858

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Early Child Nutrition: Advancing Health Equity

(5 days ago) WEBStrategies to advance health equity. Research shows disparities in breastfeeding and in the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and sugar-sweetened beverages among young children.States and communities can help reduce inequities by: Expanding and diversifying ECE partnerships through collaboration and community engagement.

https://www.cdc.gov/early-care-education/php/early-child-nutrition/advancing-health-equity.html

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Health equity - World Health Organization (WHO)

(7 days ago) WEBHealth equity. Equity is the absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality (e.g. sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental human …

https://www.who.int/health-topics/health-equity

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Health Equity in Healthy People 2030

(1 days ago) WEBThis focus is reflected in one of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2030: “Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.”. Healthy People 2030’s emphasis on health equity is closely tied to its focus on health literacy and social determinants of health.

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/health-equity-healthy-people-2030

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Bronx Borough Health Equity Report 2021

(8 days ago) WEBUnderscoring this effort, Title 2-F of Article 2 of the Public Health Law (PHL) requires the Department to issue a report on the health status of racial and ethnic populations in Minority Areas, defined in Public Health Law section 240(1), as a county with a non-White population of 40 percent or more (Minority Area).

https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/community/minority/docs/mcd_reports_2021/bronx_county_bronx_borough.pdf

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New York State 2021 Health Equity Reports

(6 days ago) WEBThe Department has been providing state and county level data on health disparities since 2007. For the second time, the New York State 2021 Health Equity Report series presents data on health outcomes, demographics, and other community characteristics for cities and towns with a 40% or greater non-White population throughout New York State.

https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/community/minority/mcd_reports_2021.htm

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Navigating the Path to Healthcare Equity: Insights From a Quality

(3 days ago) WEBEditor’s Note: Dr. Alex Eaton (he/him) is a first-year resident physician in pediatrics at The Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center. He is interested in medical education and health disparities research, specifically pediatric pain management in the setting of historic practices of …

https://publications.aap.org/journal-blogs/blog/29050/Navigating-the-Path-to-Healthcare-Equity-Insights

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Initiative to Increase Equity in Clinical Care: Experience at 1

(Just Now) WEBThe National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, published 2 landmark reports nearly 20 years ago discussing equity and disparity. The first report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, defined equity as a pillar in improving quality of care; equity is the provision of care that does not vary in quality because of characteristics …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2023-063096/197282/Initiative-to-Increase-Equity-in-Clinical-Care

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Department of Health Maternal and Child Health - The Official …

(4 days ago) WEBMaternal and Child Health Consortia (MCHC) The MCHC are non-profit partners that engage in various activities that work closely with the Department of Health to promote quality health services in New Jersey. You'll find our MCHC partners mentioned throughout the Maternal and Child Health site. Learn More. This is the Maternal and …

https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/

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AACR Releases Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024

(3 days ago) WEBReport features latest statistics and nine compelling patient stories. PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.First published in 2020, this biennial report raises awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minority …

https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/news-releases/aacr-releases-cancer-disparities-progress-report-2024/

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Barriers to equitable healthcare services for under-five children in

(8 days ago) WEBBackground Disparities in child healthcare service utilization are unacceptably high in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, little is known about underlying barriers to accessing child health services, especially among low socioeconomic subgroups and in remote areas. This study aims to identify barriers to equity in the use of child …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-11074-0

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NJ Making Strides in Keeping Children in Foster Care Connected …

(Just Now) WEBUsing data from the child welfare system across all 50 states and the District of Columbia over a 10-year period to look at how placements for young people in foster care have changed, the report finds that nationwide care systems placed 86 percent of these children in families in 2017, compared with 81 percent in 2007.

https://acnj.salsalabs.org/nj_making_strides_in_keeping_children_in_foster_care_connected2

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Healthcare Equity Conference: A Call to Action to End Disparities

(8 days ago) WEBThe American Conference on Diversity builds on an historic mission and creates programs and activities relevant and vital to 21st Century life. It is a journey we can all take together. The

https://patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/healthcare-equity-conference-call-action-end-disparities-0

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New Jersey American Cancer Society

(3 days ago) WEBSee Cancer Statistics for New Jersey Local Mailing Addresses Our National Cancer Information Specialists are available to help you with any patient services, resource requests, or cancer information questions twenty-four hours a …

https://www.cancer.org/about-us/local/new-jersey.html

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COVID-19 Vaccine Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

(5 days ago) WEBCDC is committed to COVID-19 vaccine equity, which is when everyone has fair and just access to COVID-19 vaccination. There are many social, geographic, political, economic, and environmental factors that create challenges to vaccination access and acceptance, and that often affect racial and ethnic minority groups. Some of these …

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/vaccine-equity.html

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Why U.N. lowered Gaza death toll for women and children : NPR

(5 days ago) WEBThe U.N. humanitarian agency, citing Gaza's Health Ministry, says 7,797 children and 4,959 women were killed in Gaza as of April 30. Those figures, however, only account for 70% of deaths fully

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children

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UN deaths in Gaza estimate cut in half for women and children

(3 days ago) WEB0:30. WASHINGTON ― The United Nations reduced estimates for the number of women and children killed during Israel's war in Gaza by nearly half, inviting new scrutiny for figures that come from

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/13/un-cuts-estimates-women-children-deaths-gaza/73669560007/

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Onslaught of violence against women and children in Gaza …

(2 days ago) WEBOver 8,000 others are reported missing or under the rubble – and the experts noted that at least half of them can be assumed to be women and children. They also noted that an estimated 63 women, including 37 mothers are being killed daily and 17,000 Palestinian children are believed to have been orphaned since the war on Gaza began.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/onslaught-violence-against-women-and-children-gaza-unacceptable-un-experts

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What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants - Johns Hopkins

(3 days ago) WEBKP.2 is one of several variants being referred to as “FLiRT variants,” named after the technical names for their mutations. The prevalence of these variants comes at a critical time, when experts are deciding how to formulate the fall COVID vaccine. In this Q&A, Andy Pekosz, PhD, a professor in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/what-to-know-about-covid-flirt-variants

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The best way to celebrate Hepatitis Awareness Month is to protect

(8 days ago) WEBDuring Hepatitis Awareness Month in May, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is urging everyone to get the facts about hepatitis B and hepatitis C. While it’s true that hepatitis B and hepatitis C can be transmitted through injection and other means of drug use, it’s important to remember they can be transmitted during sex as well.

https://www.phila.gov/2024-05-17-the-best-way-to-celebrate-hepatitis-awareness-month-is-to-protect-yourself/

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Data and Statistics on ADHD Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity

(Just Now) WEBAn estimated 6 million (9.8%) US children aged 3–17 years have ever been diagnosed with ADHD, according to a national survey of parents using data from 2016-2019. Boys (13%) are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls (6%). Black, non-Hispanic children and White, non-Hispanic children are more often diagnosed with …

https://www.cdc.gov/adhd/data/index.html

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