Health Affairs’ Post

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In an August 2023 Forefront article, Elaine O. Nsoesie discusses opportunities for using information from internet sources to understand and develop policies to address pre-hospital diagnostic delay for specific condition. Read the full article: https://hubs.la/Q02jWp-h0

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In an October 2023 article, Jamila Michener explores racism, power, and health equity through the lens of housing by drawing on the experiences of tenants who confront health-threatening housing conditions. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02lHs-k0

This Black history Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In a January 2024 article, Ashley N. Kyalwazi and coauthors discuss the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program and how it has disproportionately penalized resource-constrained hospitals caring for high proportions of Black adults since its implementation. Read the full article: https://hubs.la/Q02kXPqY0

We hear a lot about the success of #apms and #valuebasedcare programs, yet what are the unintended consequences of such a blanket approach? Are there other ways to support resource constrained hospitals who care for vulnerable populations? Thanks to Health Affairs and Ashley N. Kyalwazi for bringing the issue of how Medicare Hospital VBP is having unintended consequences of penalizing resource constrained hospitals which care for a high volume of Black adults, causing some greater disparities in health outcomes. This is the exact opposite of the purpose of apms and VBPs. Please take a moment and read the article, the link is in the post.

Black History Month is observed each year from February 1 – March 1 to recognize the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity and to celebrate their many contributions to the United States. Check out this blog from the CDC that honors the legacy of achievements from Black leaders in the space of public health, civil rights, social justice, health equity, and more. https://lnkd.in/gYHgVu5G

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In an October 2023 article, Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters and coauthor propose a racism-conscious approach to policy making and health care practices that addresses racism and advances health care. Read the full article: https://hubs.la/Q02jWwCC0

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In an October 2023 Narrative Matters, Maranda C. Ward shares how structural racism gets codified in health care policy, specifically when it comes to dental care coverage. Read more: https://hubs.la/Q02mjlD80

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy. In an October 2023 article, Zachary Dyer and coauthors discuss the Structural Racism Effect Index, which measures exposure to structural racism effects in nine domains, and is freely available online. Read the full paper: https://hubs.la/Q02l17NH0

📣 Black History Month – a callout to our US and Canada based Black DiS community members! February is Black History Month in both the US and Canada. In the US, this year’s theme is “African Americans and the Arts” and in Canada, this year’s theme is Black Excellence. We’re adapting the themes to reflect on creativity more broadly. If you are part of the Black DiS community in the US or Canada and are interested in participating, we invite you to make a submission: - Which Black artists and/or creators do you draw inspiration from and why? OR - How do you express creativity in your work in sustainability? Send through a picture of yourself, your social media handles, and your answer to one of the two questions to [email protected]! We will feature you across our social media channels.

Black History unfolds daily, but February is our dedicated spotlight—a time to illuminate the past, honor the present, and envision a future of empowerment. Let's own our education, shifting from a focus on what has happened to celebrating what we've achieved. This month, contribute to trauma HEALING, not dumping by “acknowledge experiences, integrate them, and promote personal or collective rebirth.” Here our 3 ways you can contribute to Trauma Healing this Black History Month: ✊🏾 highlighting successes of black people that have came as a result of what our ancestors have experienced (i.e the first black person to …) ✊🏾 engaging in tough conversations through cultural vehicles like music. ✊🏾 Get creative in sharing a diverse narrative and don’t get caught in the trend of sharing the same information. There is so much richness to Black History that we shouldn’t be limited to just prominent figures such as MLK Jr. , Malcom X and Harriet Tubman. This month let’s make a true impact! #blackhistorymonth #blackexcellence #blackhistory365 #fortheculture