Recent Articles on Eliminating Health Disparities
A New Study Reveals a Breakthrough in Examining Rare Events
Infant mortality rates for black babies are more than twice the rates of white babies. Limited data hinders efforts to track and understand changes in infant mortality among racial and ethnic groups, and ultimately, to assess progress toward health equity. In this article, learn about a new approach to examining infant mortality data that can help maternal and child health practitioners interpret sparse data in real-time as programs and policies are tested, and then successes are spread and scaled.
An Innovation in Provider Training Increases Access to Care for Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Approximately 100,000 Americans are battling sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder that primarily affects individuals of African and Hispanic descent. SCD causes
substantial health challenges, including severe pain episodes, acute chest syndrome and stroke. A shortage of expert providers, especially in rural and under-resourced areas, means that SCD patients often can’t access the comprehensive specialty care and treatments they need. Here, learn about a internationally recognized telementoring program that is transforming provider education and helping those with rare diseases, like SCD, achieve their optimal health.
Health Equity: What You Can Do
Eliminating health disparities and the structures that underlie them will take the concerted efforts of many individuals and organizations. But how does one person make a dent in a systemic and structural problem? Where does an individual start? In this article, learn more about the systems and structural barriers to health equity, and three steps you and your organization can take to pursue change. Tackling health equity is overwhelming, but this article outlines steps individuals and organizations can take to help make it possible for more children to reach their optimal health.