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May 26, 2021
Help Prevent Suicide Among LGBTQ youth
Abigail Coursolle, Jennifer Lav, and Kasey Nichols Health Equity, Uncategorized
Suicide is not only a major public health crisis in the U.S., it is one that disproportionately impacts the LGBTQ community, and especially LGBTQ youth. In fact, 30% of young adults who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Queer have attempted suicide in their lifetimes, and transgender youth and…
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May 6, 2021
Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future
Zamir M. Brown Coronavirus, Health Equity, Homepage
This article was originally published by The Network for Public Health Law.On January 31, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), freeing additional funds, resources, and personnel to respond to the crisis across the United States. Unfortunately, by the time of the declaration, it was already…
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May 6, 2021
State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic
Helen Mun* and Madeline Morcelle california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
Our country is in the throes of a Black maternal mortality epidemic. Black birthing people are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than their white counterparts. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and worsened existing barriers to health care and…
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April 14, 2021
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. We Need Bold Federal Legislative Solutions to Save Black Lives
Madeline Morcelle and Helen Mun* california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
The people closest to the problems are closest to the solutionsIt’s Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW)—a time for awareness, activism, and community building to deepen the national conversation about the Black maternal mortality and morbidity epidemic and commit to community-driven solutions. NHeLP joined Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the National…
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March 25, 2021
Ensuring Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance: Introducing the EACH Act of 2021
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
The future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit to dismantling the injustices of the Trump-Pence years and long-standing systems of oppression, or they could retreat and maintain the status quo that so harms low-income and underserved communities.The Trump-Pence…
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March 16, 2021
A Change Worth Investing In – Medicaid Home and Community Based Services
Jennifer Lav Disability, Health Equity
I once represented a young woman with a disability in foster care system*. She required assistance with almost all activities of daily living, like bathing, eating, and getting in and out of her wheelchair. Like many young people in DC’s foster care system, she was placed with a foster…
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Help Prevent Suicide Among LGBTQ youth

Social Determinants of Health Legislation: Opportunities for a New Future

State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic

It’s Black Maternal Health Week. We Need Bold Federal Legislative Solutions to Save Black Lives

Ensuring Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance: Introducing the EACH Act of 2021

A Change Worth Investing In – Medicaid Home and Community Based Services