NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 11, 2024

Image credit: dragana991 on istock.com Physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers are integral to the functioning of the healthcare system. The lack of racial and ethnic diversity within the physician workforce is unlikely to be resolved soon following the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2023

Image Credit: SHREY DEEPRANJAN Today, healthcare institutions acknowledge forces like structural racism as drivers of negative health outcomes—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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Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Race and Ethnicity 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 30, 2023

Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation. Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A few years later, I worked as a minority health coordinator, focusing on racial and ethnic minority populations in Rhode Island—on people like me, who come here with dreams and hopes to do better but often find themselves without the resources or opportunities they need. All told, families have received 95 coaching sessions.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Rather, it shifts into a different sort of navigation: the too-common experience of being a Native person in a healthcare system that is mostly unaware of the historical trauma and cultural traditions that infuse the birth experience of Native people. These included: Changing California state law.

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Medical Health Culture Healthcare 89

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The ELTRR is referenced in a recent publication by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity , as a critical federal strategy. The program is now being expanded statewide. Housing insecurity, of course, leads to higher morbidity and mortality.

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Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 76