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Health equity
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Understand the political determinants of health when covering health equity
Natural disasters, wars, and pandemics amplify the health burden among people who are poor or marginalized. They also reveal the…
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Health Disparities 2021 Report documents health inequities by state
Disparities by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and geographical regions persist in the U.S., despite significant public health advancements, medical…
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How Liora Engel-Smith covered efforts to address the resident shortage in Western N.C.
Rural health care facilities must employ enough professionals to meet the needs of their communities. But maintaining the health care…
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Focus on ‘practice-based evidence’ could better address disparities in mental health care
The American Psychological Association’s Psychological Services journal is preparing to announce its first call for papers in the field of…
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New report details growth shifting ethnic, racial makeup of older adults
One in seven Americans is now 65 or older, comprising an increasing share of the U.S. population, according to the…
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How well do clinical studies take sex and gender differences into account?
The history of inequity in medical studies is long and harrowing, and it continues today. But at least today, there…
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New health equity core topic leader Newsome is veteran freelance reporter
Melba Newsome is the new AHCJ core topic leader for health equity. A veteran freelance journalist from Charlotte, N.C., she…
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Finding diverse sources for your COVID-19 reporting
News organizations continue to grapple with ways to include in their stories more COVID-19 experts from underrepresented racial and ethnic…
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Twelve journalists to attend AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the selection of a new class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The…
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Journalism partners unveil National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships program for 2021-22
Journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment are eligible to apply for new cross-cutting fellowships…