Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

August 31, 2020
Pacific Islanders Fight COVID-19 and Historical Inequities With Community
Priscilla Huang
One of the most difficult aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the prolonged period of social distancing. From…
August 24, 2020
Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19: Guest Blog by Justice in Aging
Gelila Selassie
The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for nearly all communities across the country. Yet older people of color face even…
August 20, 2020
Changes Are Needed in the Health Care System to Meet the Needs of Black Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
Skyler Rosellini and Abigail Coursolle
Throughout history, Black transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals have nurtured themselves and their communities. Black TGNC individuals have…
August 19, 2020
Medicaid Beneficiaries Need Better Access to Behavioral Telehealth Services
Abigail Coursolle and Allison Smith
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are receiving behavioral health treatment through telehealth services. While using telehealth technology…
August 19, 2020
NHeLP “Friend of the Court” Brief Seeks to Open the Courthouse Doors to Nursing Facility Resident
Jane Perkins
In the late 1980s, an Institute of Medicine study revealed dangerous and demeaning living conditions in nursing facilities across…
August 18, 2020
On the Centennial of (White) Women’s Suffrage, Reproductive Health Injustice Persists
Madeline Morcelle
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and with it, White women’s suffrage. This…
August 13, 2020
More Broken Promises? Native Americans Endure COVID-19
David Machledt
In early July, the Supreme Court ruled that the eastern part of Oklahoma remains Indian Country for the purposes…
August 11, 2020
The Effects of COVID-19 on America’s Hispanic and Latinx Communities
Miriam Delaney Heard
"Face challenges, fear, and frustration by seeking out knowledge and opportunities for growth."--Fanny MairenaCOVID-19 has plunged numerous nations into…
August 10, 2020
Homelessness and Health in the Time of COVID-19
Hannah Eichner
Housing and health have always been inextricably linked– but never has that been more apparent than during the COVID-19…