Health
State Of Black America 2014 Panel: How To Address Academic Disparity
With the release of the National Urban League‘s 38th annual State Of Black America Report, a panel discussion involving key figures of NUL opens up an examination of the finer points of the…
EVENT: NABJ Conference on Health, Health Policy and Health Inequities
Today, the National Association of Black Journalists host their 2014 Conference on Health, Health Policy and Health Inequities. The goal of this conference is to provide print, broadcast and multimedia journalists with tools…
Implicit Bias in Healthcare for African Americans
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity has released its “State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review 2014.″ which helps to illuminate the impact of hidden biases on human…
Food Justice, Obesity & the Social Determinants of Health Webinar
Food Justice, Obesity & the Social Determinants of Health Thursday, April 10, at 2 p.m. EDT For National Public Health Week, APHA will host a webinar tomorrow on the importance of access to…
New study sheds light on quality of life of African Americans
A recent research project, carried out by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in conjunction with Ebony magazine, has shed some light on the quality of life for African Americans. The survey included 1,005 African Americans…
2014 State of Black America Report
A few observations I found interesting from the spot I did today on Michel Martin’s NPR Show “Tell Me More” with Marc Morial on the National Urban League’s 2014 State of Black…
A Path for All: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap
Many Americans identify education as a path toward success. The racial achievement gap in American schools, however, stands in the way of a significant number of minority children’s realization of…
New Report on the State of African American Women
The Black Women’s Roundtable of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation recently released this new report on the state of Black women covering health, education, STEM, economic security, criminal justice, and political participation.…
Congressional Black Caucus Daily Tweetstorm #BlackMenEnroll
With only five days left to sign up for health insurance without a penalty under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) announced they will be hosting…
PLACE MATTERS for Health in Jefferson County, Alabama: The Status of Health Equity on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama
Place matters for health in important ways, according to a growing body of research. Differences in neighborhood conditions powerfully predict who is healthy, who is sick, and who lives longer.…