Posts Tagged ‘Health Disparities’
High Risk: Black Maternal Health Documentary Screening
We want to invite you to an online screening of the documentary film *High Risk: Black Mothers Protecting Themselves and Their Babies.” CDC data show that Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, with most of the maternal deaths being preventable. This heightened risk spans…
Read MoreBlack cancer patients in England less likely to feel supported in hospital, says charity
Black patients receive less support after diagnosis than white patients, with those cancer patients with disabilities faring even worse.
Read MoreBlack women are more likely than white women to die of all types of breast cancer
What we thought caused mortality disparities in breast cancer fatalities between white and Black women isn’t the case, according to research.
Read MoreUS Olympian Ariana Ramsey is ‘So Amazed’ by Free Healthcare in the Olympic Village, She’s Joining the Fight for Universal Healthcare
US olympian Ariana Ramsey’s experience with free healthcare at the Paris 2024 Olympics has her eager to fight for universal healthcare back home. The olympian has received free dental care, eye exams, and more while in the Olympic village; she has taken to social media to express her amazement and newfound call to action.
Read MoreBlack people with Parkinson’s are underdiagnosed, miss treatment
Organizers want to reach the Black community to increase awareness about and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Read MoreBlack and Latino workers die on the job at disproportionate rates, new report shows
Research shows that Black and Latino workers are more likely to die from accidents, exposure, and homicides at work than white workers.
Read MoreBlack Amputation Rates Are High. Knowing Your Risk Can Lower It.
While peripheral artery disease is prevalent in the Black community and leads to about 400 amputations a day, many are not even aware of its existence, let alone warning signs.
Read MoreA lawmaker proposed a bill that would ban DEI in medical schools. Doctors say it could roll back progress toward improving Black maternal health.
Doctors and advocates worry that proposed laws which target DEI initiatives in medical schools might reverse progress made toward erasing racial health inequities, especially Black mothers.
Read MoreHow ‘Medical Gaslighting’ Ignores Black Women With Long COVID
Dr. Margot Gage Witvliet, PhD, developed Long COVID in 2020, facing medical gaslighting and discovering shared experiences in dozens of women & BIPOC. Dr. Gage Witvliet learned that medical gaslighting is an insidious phenomenon which disproportionately impacts women and BIPOC. Medical professionals frequently tell female patients with Long COVID and other invisible illnesses that their symptoms are “all in their heads” while treating male counterparts with contrasting, scientifically sound approaches.
Read MoreBlack, Disabled, and Dealing With the Maze of Health Care
Disabled adults already face more difficulties in finding adequate healthcare. Add being Black to that, though, and the hardships multiply even more.
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