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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>I'm proud to share a research article our research team recently published. It examines health insurance and non-medical challenges Vietnamese Americans faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. </p><p>Disaggregating data unmasks disparities within different populations. We wouldn't see this if we included this group within the broader Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander umbrella. </p><p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/189" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/189</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In a statement, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeZeldin</span></a> suggested that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> — which the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> defined in 2013 as “the fair treatment &amp; meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income” w/respect to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalLaw</span></a> — was tantamount to discrimination. [BS]</p><p>“President Trump was elected with a mandate from the American people,” [wrong] Zeldin said. “Part of this mandate includes the elimination of *forced* discrimination programs.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“If anybody needed a clearer sign that this administration gives not a single damn for the people of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, this is it,” Matthew Tejada, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> ofcl who is now a snr VP for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalHealth</span></a> at the Natural Resources Defense Fund, a nonprofit.<br>Molly Vaseliou, an EPA spox, described the moves as *organizational improvements* that align w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s orders to end *wasteful* spending &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeZeldin</span></a>’s move effectively ends 3 decades of work at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> to try to ease the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> that burdens <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> communities, which are frequently located near <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPlants</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> plants &amp; other polluting facilities. Studies have shown that people who live in those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> have higher rates of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asthma</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeartDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeartDisease</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> problems, compared w/the national average.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin intends to eliminate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> offices responsible for addressing the disproportionately high levels of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> facing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> communities, acc/to a memo from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeZeldin</span></a>, the agency administrator.</p><p>In the internal memo, viewed by NYT, Zeldin informed agency leaders that he was directing “the reorganization &amp; elimination” of the offices of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> at all 10 EPA regional offices as well as the one in Washington.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/climate/epa-closure-environmental-justice-offices.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=C43935C5-4152-411C-955E-D4777BEAF324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/11/climate</span><span class="invisible">/epa-closure-environmental-justice-offices.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=C43935C5-4152-411C-955E-D4777BEAF324</span></a></p>
Rhyothemis<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@hannu_ikonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hannu_ikonen</span></a></span> </p><p>I downloaded a copy of the CDC Library's Health Equity Research Guide and converted it from .htm to a Google Doc. It includes a list of books as well as other resources.</p><p>Here's the link - <br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9eqPSaBDr4gZkokxZ3xQHsD8HGM2VDjkHzhni7vP1w/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1r9</span><span class="invisible">eqPSaBDr4gZkokxZ3xQHsD8HGM2VDjkHzhni7vP1w/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
AlsoPaisleyCat<p>Indicators of structural sexism and racism are associated with greater memory decline in older women in the United States.</p><p>A new study from Columbia University researchers: ‘Sexism Is a Risk Factor for Memory Decline Among Women’</p><p>From the Columbia University posting:</p><p>“The difference between being born in the most versus the least sexist state was equivalent to nine years of cognitive aging. </p><p>The study is part of a growing body of research that has investigated links between structural sexism and health. Structural sexism, like structural racism, does not refer to personal incidences but to inequality in resources and power that stem from social policies and societal norms. Hate crimes or slurs are individual acts of racism or sexism, whereas unfair lending practices and underrepresentation in government are structural.”</p><p><a href="https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/sexism-risk-factor-memory-decline-among-women" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cuimc.columbia.edu/news/sexism</span><span class="invisible">-risk-factor-memory-decline-among-women</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memory</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StructuralSexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralSexism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StructuralRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralRacism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SystematicBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicBias</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Intersectionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intersectionality</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dementia</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/CognitiveDecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDecline</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/HealthGradient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthGradient</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StructuralDeterminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralDeterminants</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SocialDeterminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDeterminants</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a></p>
Mx Verda<p>ACTUAL ‘self-defense’ * is: <br>1. Proactive mitigation, <br>2. Varied (!!) systems analysis, <br>3. Community decision-making, and <br>4. Anti-hierarchical conflict resolution. </p><p>It’s not easy, simple, or direct. Instead: it is sustainable, effective, adaptable, and fair. For once.</p><p>1. DON’T shoot the messenger. <br>(This assumes you accept that you can be wrong. You can. You will be wrong.) </p><p>2. ASK people unlike you to double-check. <br>(Accept them telling you "no". You are not entitled to their time or efforts.) </p><p>3. INVOLVE people affected in discussing options. <br>(Remember: you can be wrong. You will be wrong. That's part of why it's important to reduce potential harm in advance.) </p><p>4. No one is above anyone else. Ever. <br>(Especially if you think being described as having power over someone else is an insult. "Cis" is a goddamn descriptor, for fucks' sake. Get therapy and fuck right off.) </p><p>Yes: bureaucracy, overhaul, and buy-in from community leaders -- and whoever tells the CIA which anti-hierarchical countries to fuck with. <br>But maybe life would start being worth living for a lot more people?? <br>Maybe we could eliminate subsistence crime? Maybe we could return people’s futures to them? </p><p>* context <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/113649372202688121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/1136493</span><span class="invisible">72202688121</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MagicWandWishList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicWandWishList</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governance</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/RacialCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Ethnicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnicity</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MaterialCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialCulture</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/VeRantDa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeRantDa</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"But the 20-member panel didn’t weigh in on the growing role of ultraprocessed foods that have been linked to health problems, saying there’s not enough evidence to tell people to avoid them. And the group steered clear of updating controversial guidance on alcohol consumption, leaving that analysis to two outside reports expected to be released soon."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/usda-hhs-dietary-guidelines-d6a9c6f0554f279497acb5714b3032b9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/usda-hhs-di</span><span class="invisible">etary-guidelines-d6a9c6f0554f279497acb5714b3032b9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ultraprocessed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraprocessed</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a></p>
notes<p>Continued thread of interests 🧵 <br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ancestors</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Dying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dying</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grief</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DeathDoula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathDoula</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DeathAdvocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathAdvocacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Apophatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apophatic</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RadicalCompassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadicalCompassion</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Bodhisattva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bodhisattva</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Atisha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atisha</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Lojong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lojong</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/LojongSlogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LojongSlogans</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Interbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interbeing</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meditation</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/PlumVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumVillage</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/EngagedBuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EngagedBuddhism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWork</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> </p><p>I'll continue to post interest hashtags in this thread.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introductions</span></a></p>
N Jay Sorensen<p>📢 Structural racism has profound impacts on health outcomes, says a new report. Increasing diversity in healthcare &amp; adopting affordable payment models are key to reducing disparities. 🩺 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StructuralRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunityEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityEngagement</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/racial-inequality-health-care-federal-government-55346279c3f6ad7fcf6b9e9012e38392" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/racial-ineq</span><span class="invisible">uality-health-care-federal-government-55346279c3f6ad7fcf6b9e9012e38392</span></a></p>
AlsoPaisleyCat<p>Another take on ‘period poverty’ and equitable access to healthcare in new Manitoba initiative.</p><p>‘ "Many young women who seek contraceptives are not seeking contraception, they're seeking a way to manage their irregular and painful bleeding. Having that autonomy as a woman, or a person with a uterus, to be able to decide to not have periods is incredibly empowering," she said.’</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/free-prescription-birth-control-manitoba-1.7301867" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fr</span><span class="invisible">ee-prescription-birth-control-manitoba-1.7301867</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PeriodPovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeriodPovery</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveJustice</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>Join Doctors for America in Silver Spring, Maryland June 6-8, 2024 for our biennial National Leadership Conference. This year's theme is “Reclaiming the Voice of Medicine.” Confirmed speakers include: Bernie Sanders, Vivek Murthy, Kavita Patel, Ellana Stinson, Cedric Dark, Alister Martin, and more! </p><p><a href="https://doctorsforamerica.org/event/2024-national-leadership-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doctorsforamerica.org/event/20</span><span class="invisible">24-national-leadership-conference/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/physicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicians</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HealthPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocacy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HealthEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthEquity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GunSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunSafety</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveJustice</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a></p>