health-equity

To bridge global health disparities, the clinical triad—doctors, nurses, and pharmacists—must look beyond the baseline of identical treatment and champion individualized care.

We highlight a selection of BMC Collections that explore health equity across different contexts from system-level frameworks to population-specific healthcare challenges. These Collections support SDG target 3.8, universal health coverage.

Since 2013, the UNC Center for Health Innovation has come together annually to offer pilot funding for selected project proposals that demonstrate clear dedication to improving patient care, strengthening the healthcare system, and meeting the mission of the center as a whole. Projects that receive funding come from a broad area of interests including: Care delivery models Health Equity and dispa…

Researchers from University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science have found that recent federal grant terminations targeting research on health equity and gender identity have disproportionately affected scientists from the very communities those studies aim to support.

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

Discusses the challenges of small and rural local health departments (LHDs) regarding limited resources and capacity. Analyzes 12 examples of service and resource sharing arrangements (SRSAs) that allow LHDs to improve the quality of their services, advance health equity, and provide better healthcare access to local populations. -- East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research…

Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.

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…