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With over 150 people trained so far, we’re humbled and excited by the response to the Blended Value for Health Equity Course!
Curious what the course covers? Watch the video below to learn more about this course.
Learn more and enroll here: academy.healthbegins.org/courses/blen...
As this joint study from @apha.org and @protectourcare.org show, the actions of this administration will only worsen racial health inequities.
New Study Reveals RFK Jr’s Health Policies Are a Danger for Black Americans www.theroot.com/new-study-re... via @therootdotcom.bsky.social
We continue to see policies that will harm those with disabilities.
As Trump administration cracks down on health care fraud, people with disabilities feel singled out www.statnews.com/2026/03/18/t... by @rosebroderick.bsky.social via @statnews.com CC: @nataliekean.bsky.social @abarkoff.bsky.social
In this blog post, we highlight 4 practices that #Medicaid-serving healthcare delivery organizations can adopt to increase #civicengagement for #healthequity
4 Ways to Increase Civic Engagement for Health Equity healthbegins.org/4-ways-to-in...
We must act now to prevent these deaths.
SNAP Cuts Could Lead To 70,000 Avoidable Deaths www.americanprogress.org/article/snap... via @americanprogress.bsky.social CC @lilyroberts.bsky.social @emily-gee.bsky.social @colin-seeberger.bsky.social @nzmurphy.bsky.social @mimlawardak.bsky.social
“If this abuse of authority is left unchecked, communities will pay the price in higher cancer risks.” Sarah Buckley from @nrdc.org
E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c... by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
Body autonomy continues to erode for women in this country, continually putting them in unnecessary harm.
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. www.propublica.org/article/flor... by @amyyurkanin.bsky.social @propublica.org CC @professormutch.bsky.social
"Health care has an opportunity—and an imperative—to deepen its #healthequity impact by going beyond housing support for individuals to advance housing justice for whole communities." #medleg #housingjustice
When Housing Is Health, But It Isn’t Affordable healthbegins.org/when-housing...
In many communities this has been true for decades. Without major reform, this will only get worse. #healthequity
Americans ration medicine and postpone retirement to afford health care www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social via @nbcnews.com CC: @dusetzinas.bsky.social
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150,000 undercounted deaths in the 1st yr of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disproprotionately represented were Black, Latine/o/x, Indigenous, Asian ppl, ppl w/ less than a H.S. education, ppl w/ lower household incomes & worse preexisting health.
Thus, underestimating the extent of COVID19 inequities
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
