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Health and Behavioral Health Equity

WebEliminating health and behavioral health disparities requires us to target the root causes of racial, ethnic, and other types of disparities. The root causes—also known as the social …

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Demonstrating the Use of Data for Health Equity: A Look at …

WebThis threat to public health at large and immigrant health is explicitly in addition to other pre-existing and emergent issues designed to systematically exclude …

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Promoting Immigrant Health: New Survey Data and Recent Policy

WebMaysoun has extensive experience in health equity and racial equity, specifically around healthcare coalitions, health & language access, immigrant health, …

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Health Equity Resources for Community Based Organizations

WebMapping our Voices for Equality: Using Online Maps and Stories as a Tool to Promote Health Equity- Natasha Freidus and Martha Zuniga. MOVE is a grassroots …

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Evaluating Health Equity: Your Role and Where Do You Start

WebAs a skilled mixed-methods researcher, Michelle designs evaluation studies aimed at improving health and health equity for racial, ethnic and economically …

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Five Principles for Improved Systems Thinking

WebThe disparities we witness in economic, social, and health outcomes are a manifestation of deep structural inequities in the United States’ social hierarchy. These …

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Advancing Oral Health Equity: Oral Health as Whole Health

WebAdvancing Oral Health Equity: Oral Health as Whole Health. Oral health is an important but often overlooked component of health and well-being. It affects people’s quality of …

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Evaluating the effectiveness of youth-oriented equitable health

WebAs a result, the Office of Minority Health (OMH) trained over 100 students in the last four years who acknowledge being motivated to pursue a career in health equity, solidifying …

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Improving Multi-Sector Systems at the National …

WebThe National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA) was an initiative to mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven, and sustained approach to combating health disparities, led by the U.S. …

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Increasing Healthcare Access: Toolkit for Community- and Faith …

WebCommunity Science has been working with various individuals from community-based organizations and Universities to assemble innovative strategies that …

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Diversification of the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: How We Should …

WebThe American Public Health Association has been tracking and warning of the impacts that shortages in the healthcare workforce can have since the 1980s, and …

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Evaluating Health Equity: Your Role and Where Do You Start

WebWebinar Starts: May 23 at 2 pm EDT. Too often, evaluators are asked to assess the effectiveness of strategies without exploring inequities in the system, structural injustices …

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Ending Health Disparities Means Building the Capacity to Change

WebEnding health disparities means addressing its social determinants or attacking the problem at its roots where people live, work, and play. This means …

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Thinking Outside the Traditional Box for Delivering Health-Literacy

WebLow health literacy continues to be a major barrier to care in the United States, which negatively impacts health outcomes and disproportionately affects racial and ethnic …

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The Role Local School Wellness Councils Play in Promoting Health …

WebHealthier students tend to be stronger learners (Busch et al., 2014; Basch, 2011). Student health is related to grades, school attendance, and graduation rates. …

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Implementation of the National Partnership for Action to End …

WebOscar Espinosa, M.A., Senior Associate, and Brandon Coffee-Borden, M.P.P., Managing Associate, co-authored an article in the Journal of Health Disparities …

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What Evaluators Mean When They Talk About ‘Lived Experience’

WebLived experience, as defined by Talking Health Tech, is a depiction of a person’s experiences and decisions, as well as the knowledge gained from these …

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Using Local School Wellness Councils to Improve Student Health

WebIn Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) uses LSWCs to improve the health and wellness of its students. MCPS is the …

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CDC Promoting Health Equity

WebCDC Promoting Health Equity - Community Science

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Strategic Factors for Strengthening Our Communities: The Five C’s

WebThe current health, social justice, violence, and environmental crises call for greater attention to strengthening our communities to care for their members and to take …

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Evaluation of the Port Towns Community Health Partnership’s …

WebThe Port Towns Community Health Partnership (PTCHP) is located in the Port Towns community of Bladensburg, Maryland. The PTCHP is comprised of various …

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Changing Environments to Prevent Substance Abuse

WebCommunity Science brings an environmental approach to substance prevention. We understand that successful environmental prevention efforts must include …

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