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What Are Social Determinants of Health

WEBSocial determinants of health (SDoH) are factors in a person’s life and environment that impact their health outcomes in positive or negative ways. These economic and social …

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Why BMCHS Just Launched Its Health Equity Accelerator

WEBBMCHS has established a unique Health Equity Accelerator to propel its efforts to revamp its health system to achieve racial health equity, under leadership from executive …

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Health Equity Accelerator at One Year: Lessons Learned …

WEBOne year since its launch, BMC's Health Equity Accelerator is fueling the change needed to achieve racial health justice. In November 2021, after more than a year of investigating …

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Strategies and Lessons Learned for Tackling Racial Health …

WEBA Novel Approach to Achieving Health Justice “The pandemic has forced us to acknowledge that we are not doing enough to fulfill our mission of providing ‘exceptional …

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Health Equity vs. Health Equality: What's the Difference

WEBElena Mendez-Escobar, PhD, MBA: When we talk about these terms, it’s helpful to imagine a group of people of different heights, ages, and abilities standing behind a tall fence …

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Health Equity, Social Determinants, and the Role of Social …

WEBThe social determinants of health (SDOH) are the social circumstances in which people live, work, and play. A recent shift from acute care treatment to chronic disease …

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COVID-19, Sickle Cell Disease, and a Critical Need

WEBSickle cell disease is an inherited disorder causing normal red blood cells to deform into stiff, crescent shapes that get stuck in small blood vessels blocking blood flow and …

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Emergency Mental Health Services: A Growing Need HealthCity

WEBDemand for mental health services is surging across the country. In just under a decade, total emergency department (ED) visits related to mental health or substance use …

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Rates of Male Suicide Remain High, While Depression Rates …

WEBThe latter is a position where American men continue to find themselves. In 2020, the suicide rate among men was four times higher than the rate among women. Another …

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Behavioral Health HealthCity

WEBTelepsychiatry Shows Promise As a Key Tool for ACOs. May 19. For more on behavioral health including risk factors, treatment, and useful skills to develop, read the articles below.

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Integrating Mental Health Treatment into Primary Care Can Break

WEBTEAM UP for Children — Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care in Urban Pediatrics — is an initiative and model of care that works to bring integrated, …

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What Is Upstream Healthcare

WEBSimply put, upstream healthcare is any approach to disrupt these structural barriers and to transform a person’s quality of life and health outcomes. By improving factors such as …

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"Rewriting Healthcare Means Moving From Charity to Equity"

WEBPMC: Rewriting healthcare means approaching patients and community with love and care. Rewriting healthcare means listening to patients and to our community, and putting what …

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A New Initiative Speaks to Healthcare's Role in Racial Justice

WEBSimilarly, the new BEST Partnership for Behavioral Health and Racial and Social Justice aims to prove that mental health providers have an essential role in supporting the …

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Demystifying Mpox, the Latest Public Health Emergency

WEBOn Friday August 5, the U.S. declared mpox, then called monkeypox, a public health emergency.In response, Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, infectious disease physician, …

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Community Health Centers: A Role Model for Addressing Social …

WEBFor more than 50 years, CHCs have played an integral but often unheralded role in our nation’s healthcare system, delivering neighborhood-based primary care tailored to the …

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Pandemic Led to a Surge in Depression and Anxiety Among …

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic led to increased depression, anxiety, and social risks among children of color aged 5 to 11 years old, according to findings published in Child and …

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Integrating Culturally Competent Mental Health Care Leads to …

WEBAmong the Accelerator’s priorities in diabetes care are ensuring that care is culturally competent and integrating behavioral health care into diabetes care management. …

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What Is Harm Reduction

WEBOne tool that outreach workers use to mitigate these challenges is harm reduction. At its core, harm reduction centers on the humanity of people who use drugs, by meeting …

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