ASTHO is committed to helping state and territorial health agencies advance health equity. To achieve this, public health agencies and their partners must advocate for changes that maximize health and ...

Americans today live shorter, sicker lives than people in other developed countries, and, across the nation, health varies by income, education, race and ethnicity, and geography. Warning that the ...

Equality in healthcare is an admirable goal, but it’s still not enough. Barriers to access and education create inequity in health outcomes. Removing those barriers is an essential step in achieving ...

This page contains information regarding the 2012 Health Equity Report. For the updated Virginia Health Opportunity Index (HOI) visit the Virginia HOI site. *To view the presentations in “Full Screen, ...

Medical societies offer physicians and trainees a platform for support and advocacy and play a crucial role in advancing health equity. The Health Equity in Organized Medicine (HEIOM) survey, first ...

Health equity is the absence of unfair and avoidable or remediable differences in health among population groups defined socially, economically, demographically, geographically, or otherwise. Health ...

The latest framework comes at a time of heightened perception that industries across the board are migrating somewhat away from DEI work, executives acknowledged. (iStock / Getty Images Plus / ...

Health inequalities are differences in health and access to health care that exist between different groups of people. These differences are often unjust, avoidable, systematic, and intersectional.

Digital inclusion strategies are essential to ensure that digital health technology advances, rather than undermines, health equity. Although recent policy rollbacks have slowed the digital inclusion ...

What are the moves your mid-size or large health care organization can make to advance health equity? Learn with the AMA. For health system leaders who have been thinking or talking about how to ...

The New York State Department of Health remains committed to carrying out its mission to protect and promote health and well-being of all, and reminding New Yorkers of important rights and resources.

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