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Health equity for women and girls: Here's how to get there

(1 days ago) WEBHealth inequity is still prevalent worldwide, negatively impacting socio-economic opportunities for women and the economy. Women’s health concerns are still underserved by the research …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/how-to-pave-the-way-towards-health-equity-for-women-and-girls/

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Elevating Girls’ Health, Worldwide Health Equity Features …

(8 days ago) WEBElevating Girls’ Health, Worldwide. Print. December 12, 2023. “Our time is now—our rights, our future”. Many girls around the world face challenges to their health and well-being. In many places, girls are …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/girls/index.html

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Welcome to BWHI! - Black Women's Health Imperative

(7 days ago) WEBWe target the most pressing health issues that affect Black women and girls in the U.S. through investments in evidence based strategies, bold programs and advocacy outreach on health policies. Since 1983, our national organization dedicated to health of our nation’s 21 million Black women and girls – physically, emotionally and financially.

https://bwhi.org/

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The future we expect: women’s health and gender equality

(6 days ago) WEBThe Women’s Health and Gender Inequalities series articulates a forward-looking agenda towards: Bodily autonomy — enabling women and girls to make informed sexual, reproductive, and healthcare …

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-06-2021-the-future-we-expect-women-s-health-and-gender-equality

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Women’s Health Equity Initiative - SWHR

(8 days ago) WEBThe Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR)’s Women’s Health Equity Initiative highlights data on women’s health in the United States and aims to provide solutions to improve health equity across diseases, conditions, and life stages. Women in the United States experience health disparities throughout their lifespans as a result of

https://swhr.org/programs/womens-health-equity-initiative/

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6 priorities for women and health - World Health …

(3 days ago) WEB6 Priorities for women and health. 25 March 2021. Concrete action is needed to ensure women and girls in all their diversity can enjoy the right to health – during, and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. …

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/6-priorities-for-women-and-health

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Restorative Justice as a Health Equity Resource

(9 days ago) WEBIncreasing School Connectedness for Girls: Restorative Justice as a Health Equity Resource 2. Education as a Key Social Determinant of Health E ducation is widely recognized as one of the most important social determinants of health. From early childhood education access to high school

https://genderjusticeandopportunity.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Restorative-Justice-as-a-Health-Equity-Resource.pdf

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It’s time - World Health Organization

(2 days ago) WEBthe resources to create health equity. What causes health inequities? Health and illness follow a social gradient – the lower a person’s socioeconomic position, the worse their chances for health. This downward slope is the product of the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and their access to power, resources and

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/world-health-day-2021/health-equity-and-its-determinants.pdf?sfvrsn=6c36f0a5_1&download=true

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Health Equity - Office of Health Equity - CDC - Centers for …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Achieving this requires focused and ongoing societal efforts to address historical and contemporary injustices; overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to health and healthcare; and eliminate preventable health disparities.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/index.html

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Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBGender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all …

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/gender-and-health

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Seven Facts to Know about Women's Health Health Equity …

(3 days ago) WEBAbout 1 in 4 women in the United States have a disability. Women with disabilities need the same general health care as women without disabilities. They may also require additional care to address their individual and specific needs. The most common cause of disability for women is arthritis (i.e., osteoarthritis, rheumatism, …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/7facts-womens-health/index.html

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Period Poverty – why millions of girls and women cannot afford …

(2 days ago) WEBThere is growing consensus that managing menstruation is a health rather than a hygiene issue, and above all a human rights and gender equality issue. Today, 614 million women and girls are living in conflict-affected areas, and the number of women and girls fleeing conflict, crises and disasters is rising.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2024/05/period-poverty-why-millions-of-girls-and-women-cannot-afford-their-periods

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Addressing Data Equity in Black Maternal Health: A Call to Action

(5 days ago) WEBDuring the recent NMQF Leadership Summit, the Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) highlighted its involvement with the Data Equity Coalition on the release of the collaborative policy brief, “Centering Data Equity in the Black Maternal Health Crisis is a Public Health Imperative.”. This initiative, a product of the collective efforts

https://bwhi.org/2024/05/21/data-black-maternal-health/

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Join the Movement for Health Equity for Black women & girls

(4 days ago) WEB0/1000. One-time donation $0.00 USD. I’d like to cover the fees associated with my donation so more of my donation goes directly to Black Women's Health Imperative. Since 1983, our national organization dedicated to health of our nation’s 21 million Black women and girls – physically, emotionally and financially.

https://bwhi.org/impact/

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Fostering Gender Equality Empowering Girls and All Children

(5 days ago) WEBThere are other gender-based health inequities: 75 percent of HIV infections among adolescents aged 10 to 19 occur in girls. And in countries like Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, India and Iran, the risk of child death before age 5 is significantly higher for girls than boys, suggesting deep-rooted, gender-based discriminatory practices.

https://www.unicefusa.org/what-unicef-does/respect-children/gender-equality

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Girls for Gender Equity

(9 days ago) WEBGirls for Gender Equity (GGE) works intergenerationally, through a Black feminist lens, to center the leadership of Black girls and gender-expansive young people of color in reshaping culture and policy through advocacy, youth-centered programming, and narrative shift to achieve gender and racial justice.

https://ggenyc.org/

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Access to eye health is essential for gender and health equity

(2 days ago) WEBThis article is part of:Centre for Health and Healthcare. Good vision is essential for women's quality of life and their ability to work, learn and care for their families. Two-thirds of the world's population of blind and visually impaired persons are women. Women bear a higher burden of eye diseases due to a longer life expectancy than men.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/05/gender-and-health-equity-universal-access-eye-health/

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Improving Health Outcomes for Black Women and Girls With …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress hosted a series of three virtual roundtables in June 2021 with Black women and girls with disabilities. This report is based

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/improving-health-outcomes-for-black-women-and-girls-with-disabilities/

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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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Advancing Equity in Sexual Health Education: A Toolkit for …

(2 days ago) WEBin its journey to health equity is a crucial step toward creating concrete action plans to advance health equity goals and commitments. To support this journey, the toolkit provides practical examples of what Birth Rates for girls ages 15–19 by Race/Ethnicity 2018 and 2019 (CDC, 2021). Figure 2. Birth Rates for Females Ages 15-19 Years by

https://teenpregnancy.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/HealthEquityToolkit.pdf

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Health Equity for Women and Girls Requires Cultural Change

(Just Now) WEBAcross the world, harmful gender biases and norms like these perpetuate health inequity, affecting how health goods and services are sought, accessed, delivered, and experienced by women and girls. The Women for Health programme trained more than 1,000 women in Nigeria to work as nurses and midwives to reduce child mortality rates. Photo: FCDO W4H.

https://dai-global-developments.com/articles/health-equity-for-women-and-girls-requires-cultural-change-participation-and-local-influencers/

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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 disproportionately experience poor health outcomes. In April of 2021, CDC declared racism a serious

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

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Women’s Health Equity: Call for Research on ADHD in Females

(5 days ago) WEBWe Demand Attention! A Call for Greater Research on Women with ADHD. “Research specifically devoted to girls and women with ADHD is not only an issue of equity but a life-or-death issue for some girls and women.”. – Julia Schechter, Ph.D., of the Duke Center for Girls and Women with ADHD. “Female ADHD isn’t male ADHD-lite.

https://www.additudemag.com/health-equity-adhd-in-women-research/

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Why are girls suffering so much right now? The problem is bigger …

(6 days ago) WEBThe problem is bigger than you think. For girls, there are a number of factors at play. (ABC News: Gabrielle Flood) Young women are presenting to emergency services and primary healthcare

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/mental-health-teenage-girls/103816056

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Progress for Girls’ Education Requires Menstrual Health Equity, …

(3 days ago) WEBMenstrual equity ensures that girls have autonomy over their bodies and education, thus we cannot achieve global goals for girls’ education if menstrual inequity persists. Take Action. Addressing insufficient menstrual health management globally is one of the key needs recognized by the Keeping Girls in School Act in the U.S. Senate. This

https://msmagazine.com/2022/10/10/girls-education-menstrual-health-period-products/

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Disparities and Resiliency in Adolescent Health Youth.gov

(1 days ago) WEBResilience is the ability to appropriately adapt to adversity despite the conditions. 2 Resiliency can be learned and is an important part of adolescent development that can help promote a positive sense of identity, efficacy, and well-being. It is important to understand and utilize interpersonal, structural, and community strengths within an

https://youth.gov/youth-topics/adolescent-health/disparities-resiliency

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2024 Boston Heart and Stroke Ball unites community to remove …

(4 days ago) WEBFunds raised through Heart of Boston and Heart and Stroke Ball support the Association’s 2024 Health Equity Impact Goal, which aims to reduce barriers to health care access and quality. The American Heart Association is the world’s leading nonprofit organization focuses on heart and brain health.

https://newsroom.heart.org/local-news/2024-boston-heart-and-stroke-ball-unites-community-to-remove-barriers-to-health-equity

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Champions for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards: Girl Scouts …

(7 days ago) WEBGirl Scouts Heart of Central California is one of the larger Girl Scout councils, spanning 18,000 Scouts, 5,000 volunteers and 75 employees across an 18-county region centered in Sacramento. The

https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2024/05/21/dei-awards-girl-scouts-heart-central-california.html

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CVS seeks private equity funding for Oak Street Health, …

(8 days ago) WEBThe U.S. healthcare conglomerate bought Oak Street Health for about $9.5 billion in February last year. CVS had said in February it planned to nearly double the business to 300 clinics by 2026 and

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cvs-seeks-investor-fund-growth-oak-street-health-bloomberg-reports-2024-05-23/

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Advancing Health Equity in Chronic Disease Prevention and …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. 1,2 NCCDPHP is advancing health equity by addressing social determinants of health and improving fair and just practice through science, programs, policies, and other interventions.

https://www.cdc.gov/health-equity-chronic-disease/health-equity.html

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CVS reportedly seeks PE partner for Oak Street Health growth

(8 days ago) WEBCVS Health wants to find a private equity partner to back new Oak Street Health clinics, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.. Why it matters: The move comes barely a year after CVS shelled out $10.6 billion to buy Oak Street. Zoom in: CVS has reached out to several private equity firms about a potential joint venture …

https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2024/05/24/cvs-private-equity-oak-street-health-growth

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Private Equity Bankruptcy of Steward Health Is a Warning for …

(6 days ago) WEB5:32. The bankruptcy of Steward Health has become the latest cautionary tale about private equity’s involvement in health care. Cerberus Capital Management’s purchase in 2010 of several

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-22/private-equity-bankruptcy-of-steward-health-is-a-warning-for-health-care

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Key differences in brain development between autistic boys and …

(2 days ago) WEBA new study finds key differences in the development of the cortex between autistic boys and girls ages 2-13. The study found sex-specific changes in the thickness of the outer layer of the brain

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523112614.htm

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Disneyland performers vote to unionize : NPR

(Just Now) WEBThe 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. when performers started having health and safety concerns around sharing costumes and having physical contact with visitors

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/18/1252038293/disney-union-election-parade-characters-actors-equity-vote

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Health Equity Video Series Health Equity CDC - Centers for …

(7 days ago) WEBThe Office of Health Equity created a series of short informative videos on the topics of health equity, social determinants of health, racism and health, and intersectionality. The videos below provide brief introductions to these complex issues and can be used in a variety of settings. Health Equity Introduction.

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/index.html

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