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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: dragana991 on istock.com Physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers are integral to the functioning of the healthcare system. Studies have linked low English proficiency with having less access to healthcare and poor quality of life outcomes.

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How Private Equity Is Swallowing Up Health Careā€”And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

Understanding the role private equity is playing in health care is critical; only then can we begin to design solutions to the healthcare system that center public and community ownership. trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 A Growing Menace In the US, a staggering $4.3

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The Long Road to Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: SHREY DEEPRANJAN Today, healthcare institutions acknowledge forces like structural racism as drivers of negative health outcomesā€”but effectively addressing racism inside of those institutions still has a long way to go. Two decades later, attendees asked: Are we making progress toward addressing those inequities?

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HLTH 2022: Obstacles to Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Entering HLTH (pronounced ā€œhealthā€), an annual conference focused on the business of healthā€”from healthcare startups to government agencies and insurance companiesā€”feels as overwhelming as healthcare itself. Where we need to go as healthcare and where we need to go as a nationā€¦we need a new story.

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Legislative Tracker - Health & Human Services

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions.

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How Can We Support Youth Mental Health?

NonProfit Quarterly

In Rochester, a nine-year-old girl suffering from a mental health crisis who verbalized suicidal thoughts was pepper sprayed by the police officers that responded to her familyā€™s call to 911 for support. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a communityā€™s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.