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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Though poor maternal mental health can affect all women, the rates are higher for Black and Indigenous women.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). And as the climate crisis continues, whose mental health is most at risk? Why are children most in jeopardy?

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. And given Moderna’s pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, the company will also likely design the facility in an environmentally sustainable way. Supply Chains.

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Building an Economic Case for Policy Changes

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. Nonprofits excel at highlighting the human cost of social issues.

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Learning From the Climate-Mental Health Convergence

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Many others are feeling distress as they process the realities of widespread environmental and biodiversity loss. By Lian Zeitz , John Jamir Benzon R.

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Lifting a Powerful Policy Lever for Housing Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? Public comment ended in April 2023, and HUD will likely release the final rule sometime later this year. But we’re not there quite yet.