health-equity

Medication and lifestyle nonadherence remains a persistent and costly problem within healthcare systems and represents a critical gap in nursing practice. Approximately half of adults prescribed long-term medications do not adhere to recommended regimens, contributing to poor disease control, preventable hospitalizations, increased mortality risk, and substantial healthcare expenditures. These ch…

Arkansas’s COVID-19 vaccine rates were among the lowest for African Americans in Arkansas, who were hesitant to accept the vaccine. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of African American adults in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and to explore factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access to health care services. Guided by Andersen’s …

EXPLORING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HEALTH RIGHTS Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 95-106 PDF Lindani Mhlanga and Tamanda Kamwendo Abstract As South Africa moves toward implementing the National Health Insurance scheme, the promise of universal health coverage…

A passionate advocate for health equity and community engagement, Patricia N. Whitley-Williams, MD, will receive the John P. Utz Award at the 2025 NFID Annual Awards Gala and Silent Auction on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC

What is health equity and how can it be achieved? Those questions formed the basis of the VITALS program with Kendalle Cobb, M.D., associate chief of staff, Cleveland Clinic, on [...] The post Kendalle Cobb, M.D., shares insights on health equity appeared first on NEOMED .

Vol 25/1, 2023, pp. 119-131  PDF Fátima Rodríguez-Cuevas, Jimena Maza-Colli, Mariana Montaño-Sosa, Martha De Lourdes Arrieta-Canales, Patricia Aristizabal-Hoyos, Zeus Aranda, and Hugo Flores-Navarro Abstract Since 2011, the nongovernmental…

Given the increased rates of vaccine hesitancy among the communities that have been hardest hit by the pandemic, health equity principles should be applied across the board to overall COVID-19 response and vaccine administration ...

BMSG is dedicated to expanding advocates’ ability to improve the systems and structures that determine health and accelerate movement toward racial and health equity. BMSG… The post Berkeley Media Studies Group appeared first on Public Health Institute .

The overall conditions in which people live, go to school and work have a profound effect on their health. Those... Read More The post What Is Health Equity In Public Health? appeared first on OHSU-PSU School of Public Health .

Proposition 47 was an initiative passed by California voters in 2014 that recategorized a number of petty crimes as misdemeanors rather than felonies. The savings from the reduced prison sentences that resulted from this measure are earmarked for mental health and substance abuse treatment, education retention programs, and victim services. This seminal piece of legislation […] The post Propositi…