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May 27, 2021
Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration
Andrew Hayes and Cathren Cohen Health Equity, Uncategorized
Transitioning from incarceration to the community without services and supports is medically risky, especially for people who are incarcerated with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). Studies have found that the mortality rate for people recently released from prison is twelve times higher than the general population. This troubling trend is…
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May 26, 2021
NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle Amicus Blogs, Best of 2021 Blogs, california, Disability
Millions of people in the U.S. need mental health and substance use disorder services, collectively known as behavioral health, but do not get them. Despite the high numbers of people who need behavioral health care, people often have trouble accessing the care they need. Last week, NHeLP along with…
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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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April 22, 2021
Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA
Madeline Morcelle and Fabiola De Liban Abortion, Best of 2021 Blogs, Coronavirus
On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine that the FDA will not enforce the in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone, one of two drugs used to provide medication abortions, for the…
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March 15, 2021
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care
Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity
Imagine that you are a parent to a child who needs medical treatment for a serious medical condition that impacts their daily life. Your child’s medical providers all agree that this treatment is the best way to ameliorate the symptoms of your child’s condition, and the risks are low.…
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March 15, 2021
The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities
Hannah Eichner Coronavirus, Disability, Health Equity
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people with disabilities have faced a disproportionate risk of COVID-19 exposure, serious illness, and death. While data collection in the U.S. is less comprehensive, a recent study from England outlines the scope of the problem, finding that people with significant disabilities were three to…
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Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration

NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care

Help Prevent Suicide Among LGBTQ youth

Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA

Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care

The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities