Families Take the Driver’s Seat in BMC’s Holistic Pediatric Care Program
BMC’s Center for the Urban Child and Healthy family tailors pediatric primary care to address their families’ needs, like financial counseling, to transform their health.
Healthcare Needs to Make Reparations to People of Color
Medical researchers helped create a racial taxonomy that justified oppression and inequitable healthcare. To restore trust and achieve justice, healthcare reparations are needed.
Black Girls Who Experience Abuse Are at Risk for Sleep Disorders as Women
A new study shows that as the severity of childhood abuse increases among Black girls, so do sleep disorders as adult women—which affect physical and mental health.
Access to Doula Support Is a Key Piece of Maternal Health Equity
Providing doula coverage under Medicaid could increase access to this birthing support resource and help bridge inequities in maternal outcomes.
Why Safe Housing Is Pivotal for Transgender Women’s Health
Nurse Pam Klein and advocate Dreya Catozzi explain why housing initiatives specific for trans people are essential for health and safety.
Read MoreNew Collab Targets Key Boston Areas for Health Equity Initiatives
Boston hospitals and organizations join forces to drive employment and housing programs in the city’s most underserved neighborhoods with a focus on sustainable solutions.
Read MoreFor Better Birth Outcomes, We Need to Prevent Housing Evictions
Stopping housing evictions of pregnant women and addressing inequities that lead to them could improve newborn health, leading to lifelong and intergenerational benefits.
Read MoreHealth Equity Metrics Must Be Incorporated into Hospital Rankings
A group of Boston doctors argues that as hospitals commit to practicing health equity, they must also be judged in ranking systems on their success in achieving it.
Read MoreCultural Humility vs. Competence — and Why Providers Need Both
Utilizing one of these frameworks without the other misses the mark, and effective interventions would uphold both.
Read MoreAs Schools Stay Closed, Pressures Rise for Food-Insecure Families
With applications for SNAP more than quadrupling, city partnerships work to preserve food distribution to homebound children at risk of hunger.
Read MoreWhat Is Upstream Healthcare?
An approach to care that examines and addresses root causes rather than symptoms can improve long-term outcomes and decrease healthcare costs.
Read MoreSDOH Screeners Don’t Capture Full Scope of Utilities Insecurity
New research suggests requests for shutoff protection may provide a truer picture of patient needs.
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