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Category Archives: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Disparities Council Meeting Report
The Council on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities met on Monday, September 15th. Chaired by Representative Byron Rushing, the September meeting focused on a presentation on the Council’s prioritization process and the working groups’ priorities of the former Special Legislative … Continue reading
A Call To Action For Domestic HIV/AIDS Investment
Nearly 25,000 experts, advocates, and impacted populations converged on Mexico City last week for the International AIDS Conference. The 17th meeting was as much political as scientific, with contentious issues around stigma, antiretroviral drug access, and research funding shaping the … Continue reading
Disparities Council Meets
The Health Disparities Council held its monthly meeting yesterday, reviewing recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Health Disparities, and developing a work group to develop priorities for the Council to implement. Materials from the meeting are available here. Dr. … Continue reading
AMA Apologizes for Past Racism
The largest professional association for American physicians, the American Medical Association (AMA), issued an apology today for a history of racial bias and exclusion against black physicians (news report here). Past practices of the AMA that were acknowledged in the … Continue reading
Disparities Council To Meet July 21
The Council on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities will next convene on Monday, July 21st (1 Ashburton Place, 21st floor). Chaired by Senator Dianne Wilkerson and Representative Byron Rushing, the July meeting will begin a three-month process for the Council … Continue reading
Cambridge Study Highlights Gender Disparities
The Cambridge Public Health Department released a new report today, documenting the often-overlooked issue of gender-based health disparities. Both nationally and in Massachusetts, men have poorer health outcomes for heart disease, cancer, stroke, homicide and injury. Men of color fare … Continue reading
Cultural Issues and Health Disparities Studied
What are the causes of racial and ethnic health disparities? Harvard Medical School researchers recently documented disparities in the outcomes of diabetes patients with the same physician. Despite the assumed equal treatment provided, blacks showed worse outcomes than their white … Continue reading
Unnatural Causes — the movie — Premieres in Springfield and Holyoke
Unnatural Causes … is inequality making us sick is a groundbreaking new documentary series exploring how the social conditions in which Americans are born, live and work profoundly affect health and longevity, even more than medical care, behaviors and genes. … Continue reading
MGH Adds “Community Health” to Its Mission Statement
Here’s a good news story from Mass. General Hospital worthy of note: MGH is sponsoring an event on Tuesday, June 3rd from 12 to 1:30 under the Bulfinch Tent at its downtown campus to celebrate a change in its mission … Continue reading
Disparities Council to Meet on 5/19
The Council on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities will convene its second meeting at 10am on Monday, May 19th (1 Ashburton Pl, 21st Fl). Chaired by Senator Dianne Wilkerson and Representative Byron Rushing, the council will build on its initial … Continue reading
