Latest Health Equity Stories
Apps help underserved and minority women take control of their health (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE announced the winners of the Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color Challenge. A first-of-its-kind effort to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, the winning apps will help women of color prevent and fight cancer. The winning apps, Big Yellow Star, Broadstone Technologies,...
Latest funding cycle to support research on conditions affecting millions of patients CHICAGO, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved 51 new awards, totaling $88.6 million over three years, to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects under the first four areas of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. This brings the total that PCORI has awarded for...
MEDICC Review issue on "Learning from Cuban Primary Health Care" contributes to the global evidence that primary health care is the heart of health and health equity worldwide. Oakland, Calif. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) today published a MEDICC Review journal issue on the timely theme "Learning from Cuban Primary Health Care". The only English-language journal focusing on Cuban health and medicine, the new MEDICC Review issue...
New standards will help organizations improve quality of care and reduce health disparities Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 The U.S. Department Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 24, 2013 released enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care – a blueprint to help organizations improve health care quality in serving our nation’s diverse communities. The enhanced standards, developed by the HHS Office...
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites. The researchers concluded that more culturally relevant information about cancer prevention and risk needs to reach minority populations. Their study appears...
HARTFORD, Conn., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, testified today in Washington, D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, led by Chairman Tom Harkin and Ranking Minority Member Lamar Alexander. Counihan, an advocate for more affordable health insurance for all, has worked in health insurance exchanges for the past seven years, as a senior leader of the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector, and as...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Blue is proud to announce that Deborah Stewart, M.D., has been named a member of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's Advisory Panel on Addressing Disparities. Dr. Stewart is one of 84 panelists selected to serve a one-year term from among 1,021 individuals who submitted applications to serve on one or more of PCORI's four initial advisory panels. Panel members were approved by PCORI's Board of Governors in a...
Under the Affordable Care Act, certain preventative services for women must be fully covered under most health insurance plans, meaning no copay, deductible, or co-insurance. Learn more about what is covered. Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 When it comes to health, women are often the primary decision-maker for their families and the trusted source in circles of friends. They are also key consumers of health care. Under the Affordable Care Act, certain preventative services for...
Population health and wellness solutions are crucial in achieving health equity in minority communities Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 The Care Continuum Alliance, the leading advocate for population health and wellness, today issued the following statement in recognition of April as National Minority Health Month, an annual observance that seeks to raise awareness of the health disparities and unfavorable health outcomes that disproportionally affect African Americans,...
Trend is especially prevalent in Florida and Texas Effective health screening and preventive care is known to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes, yet new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that restrictive Medicaid policies are associated with patients delaying needed medical care due to cost. States and counties with the most restrictive Medicaid eligibility criteria (where individuals must be far below the federal poverty level to qualify for...
