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Tag: Health Disparities
African-American
New UKentucky Study to Examine How Flavored Tobacco Product Restrictions Affect Health Disparities
A University of Kentucky College of Medicine study will examine how local policies restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products – such as menthol cigarettes – affect health disparities among vulnerable populations, such as communities of color, low-income populations and youth. The study will be funded by a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National […]
June 22, 2021
African-American
CDC Foundation Gives Xavier University of Louisiana Grant to Tackle COVID-19 Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation is giving Xavier University of Louisiana $420,000 to create strategies to combat disproportionate COVID-19 transmission among African Americans in the New Orleans area, which has had one of the highest rates of mortality from COVID-19 in Louisiana and the U.S. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the […]
May 18, 2021
Students
Frontier Nursing University Endows New Scholarship to Increase Diversity in Healthcare
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has endowed a new scholarship to support African American, Black, Native American, and Alaskan Native students. The scholarship will be for 10 students a year. FNU will designate $2.5 million to give $100,000 in scholarships a year. “While our other endowed scholarships are needed by and available to students of all […]
May 18, 2021
Students
Can We Judge Colleges by Their Success at Encouraging Grit?
One of my former students recently filled me with hope for the next generation. Clifton Jett Jr. is the director and writer of a play that he was about to bring to the stage, “Black Tar Boulevard,” when the pandemic hit. Although many productions have shut down, Clifton decided instead to pivot and turn the play into an independent film. He says, “We have worked too hard and waited too long to just throw it all away.” He and his team are moving ahead, in a safe and responsible manner.
September 22, 2020
Students
A Brief History Lesson and Open Letter to the Nation’s Schoolchildren and College Students about White Male Power
Dear Generation Z Students, you are digital natives. So, this letter would better reach you by video, Instagram, Snapchat, maybe Twitter or a hashtag. But I need more letter characters and time than these platforms allow. Please bear with me as you read.
July 9, 2020
African-American
New Data Tracking System Highlights Race Disparities Among COVID-19-Related Deaths
By early March, SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, had touched off a pandemic. Those studying the virus stoked the claim that COVID-19, the respiratory infection the virus causes, is indiscriminate in whom it tackles and kills. Looking across racial and ethnic groups, and moving from Hollywood A-listers to seniors in nursing homes, to shelf stockers at […]
July 1, 2020
Health
Black Scientists Applying for NIH Grants Consistently Receive Lower Scores, Says Study
A new scoring approach introduced in 2009 was supposed to diminish bias during the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Enhanced Peer Review process, but Black researchers applying for the agency’s prestigious and highly competitive R01 grants consistently receive lower scores than White applicants in the first and critical phase of consideration, a new study reveals. […]
June 16, 2020
Health
Experts Probe Critical Issues of Student Health and Education
Health and education have a major impact on each other, and collaborations at all levels involving families, schools, policymakers and other stakeholders are essential to improving outcomes in both areas for students – especially those from low-income, rural and other under-served populations, speakers said at an event Tuesday co-sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Healthy Schools Campaign.
May 28, 2019
Health
Nursing Leader and Researcher Keeps Patients First
What excites Dr. Cindy L. Munro about health care and the field of nursing today is not only the caliber of people who are choosing to enter health care professions, but also the shift in practitioners’ approach that emphasizes health and the prevention of problems, she says.
February 25, 2019
Health
The Promise of Cultural Competence and Higher Education for our Health
I have made this point consistently in previous posts and will make it again: our health is our wealth and therefore an exceedingly important problem to solve. Higher education is uniquely poised to play a role in this. Yet, practical health curriculum is the exception rather than the rule.
October 4, 2018
HBCUs
Meharry Medical College Launches Data Science Institute
Meharry Medical College launched a new Data Science Institute last week that will shed insight into health challenges and disparities and fuel innovation in treating minority and underserved populations. Led by Amy M. Andrade, senior advisor to the president for technology and innovation and assistant vice president of research at Meharry, the institute includes more […]
September 19, 2018
Health
Assessing the Relationship Between Gun Violence and Health Equity
Gun violence has become a crucial national problem that negatively affects health equity in the United States. The American Medical Association has declared U.S. gun violence a public health crisis requiring a comprehensive public health response and solution.
March 8, 2018
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