The healthcare system has a long history of failing and abusing communities of color through neglect or inhumane treatment. Just look at the Tuskegee experiment on Black men and the forced sterilization of Black women. Medical mistrust continues to permeate...
The Bottom Line To truly move the needle around vaccine confidence, healthcare systems and public health entities must work with trusted community groups and leaders. Community-engaged COVID-19 vaccine initiatives and messaging can reflect the nuances of the pandemic...
Young people can bring new ideas and a fresh perspective to solving problems within their communities and society as a whole. In recent years, youth-led movements have been on the rise, tackling some of the country’s biggest issues, such as gun control, climate...
When much of the world shut down in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals, and healthcare providers made a huge shift in how they delivered healthcare almost overnight — from in-person care to telehealth. During the pandemic, the use of telehealth...
As a physician practicing family medicine, Katherine Gergen Barnett, MD, has seen many young patients brought in by their parents for checkups and preventative care through childhood and early adolescence, only to stop coming for appointments when they hit the high...