#Disparities

Nina Teicholz

bigfatsurprise

In the US, "We live shorter, poorer lives" according to a Nat'l Academies' report. The report was called a "catalogue of horrors." Newspapers were "stunned" and "surprised." That was 2013.

Amelia, Germ Wrangler

UhhMealYuhh

For #ScholarStrike I'm going to collect some of my favorite resources on Settler-Colonialism & Healthcare - listed in no particular order.Some are theory, some are histories, all of them I

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧Edward Thomas Black

edglasgow59

1/(- Follow the Money! -)A Forensic walk through who receives Fiscal Grants in the UK and who pays for them......In every country in the world every citizen either receives from

Harsh Naik

harshnaik06

In light of politicians, police, education officials continuing to deny existence of systemic racism, here is a THREAD from @kahiyewarsame and I to show racial disparities and effects of systemic

Roberto A. Jiménez Rivera

hashtagRoberto

Alright, as promised...work day is over so here's my first impression on the guidelines. As mentioned in the quote tweet, it doesn't make sense to me that they recognize COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

New 2020 World Health Statistics - an annual check-up on the ’s health - published today: People are living longer and healthier lives but #COVID19 threatens to throw progress

Reuters

Reuters

Today marks one month since George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. One month ago,

William E. Spriggs

WSpriggs

Today @joebiden launched discussions on putting COVID to rest and literally healing America. First step is fighting COVID. The disease has had a horrible racially disparate outcome. But, it isn't

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update August 18: "I'm Joe Biden and I accept your nomination to be your next president. Normally I wouldn't give the pandemic portion of my speech through Andy Slavitt's

Katie Lever, M.A. should be writing

LeverFever

Since lots of folks are confused about free speech, here’s what actual censorship looks like (featuring college sports examples, of course). The recently-reversed Iowa football Twitter ban. “Iowa originally was

Bradly Mason

AlsoACarpenter

If any of y'all are honestly unsure about the existence of systemic racism, there is much help available.Might I suggest:1. “The Case For Reparations,” by Ta-Nehisi Coateshttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt

nadinebh_

Here’s a thread breaking down this report. The two key areas are:Failures to secure Black people’s human rights Enforcement of Black people’s human rights And they cover: HealthCriminal Justice SystemNationality

Propane Jane™

docrocktex26

Make sure to gather specifics about how much data comes from public vs. private hospitals/labs. I wrote my MPH thesis on how PH data skews based on where/how the data

Seamus Hughes

SeamusHughes

I’ve spent my career looking at public court records. The system for public access is fundamentally flawed. A Thread of why that is bad for our democracy and how to

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD

Arrianna_Planey

This conversation about patient-physician concordance (matching by race, specifically) is making me think about the continued importance of social & political factors as contributors to overall health & well-being. Here's

Farhana Sultana, Ph.D.

Prof_FSultana

I’m tired of journalists reaching out for immediate comments or phone calls with same-day deadlines, only to appropriate the info & tell me after publication they used my ideas in

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