Dr. King on health care
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, March 25, 1966, Second Annual Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, Chicago, Illinois.
More News from Healthy City: Keeping Up With California’s Kids
If you’re always looking for new sources of data to help inform the work you do and improve the health and well-being of our communities…keep reading! Released on Wednesday, September 29th the new 2010 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being…
Recommended Health Equity Resource
The National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Healthy Equity and Social Justice initiatives “explore why certain populations bear a disproportionate burden of disease and mortality and what health departments can do to better address the causes of…
E-Newsletter 5.2: Race, Poverty, and Health Care
Welcome to the latest installment of the Race Equity Project’s e-newsletter. We hope you found our last edition on Race, Poverty, and Education informative. In this installment, we address the disparities in access to quality health care for, and the…
Racial Disparities in Specialty Mental Health Services Programs
By Stacey Wittorff and Gillian Sonnad 1. Introduction Minority patients in need of mental health services face unique challenges in seeking such services. In 2001, a Supplement to the Surgeon General’s report was issued which focused directly on racial disparities…
What Health Reform Will Do For Women And Families
By Raising Women’s Voices This fact sheet lists major provisions included in the Senate health reform bill and accompanying reconciliation legislation now slated for a vote in Congress. Updated March 19, 2010. What women and families will get right away…
