Category: Health Equity
Arrested Access: El Centro Fights for Policy Changes to Make Cancer Care Equitable for All in Wyandotte County Regardless of Immigration Status
“I hope I see in my lifetime a growing realization that we are one world. And that no one is going...
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Community Health Workers Help Heal Communities from Systemic Inequities
Throughout history, community health workers (CHWs) have been integral to helping communities heal...
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Compassion Doesn’t Require Comprehension
If the consensus of the most respected institutions of health around the world is to be taken...
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The Mission Vision Project KC Fuels the Black Physician Pathway from Kindergarten through Medical School
I dared not correct my elders, though my knees buckled at certain constructions, to say nothing of...
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No Equity Without Quality, No Quality Without Equity
The Kansas City Health Equity Learning and Action Network (the LAN), under the leadership of the...
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CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD TAKES HEALTH CARE TO THE STREETS
Homelessness is a widely misunderstood and heavily stigmatized living condition for hundreds of...
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Serving the Community with MRHA’s Caregiver Program: A Q&A with Community Health Worker Rusty Douglas
One of many community health resources offered by the Missouri Rural Health Association, the...
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Kansas Medicaid Expansion Will Save Dollars and Lives
After a decade-long battle to implement new Medicaid guidelines in Missouri, the expansion finally...
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STI Prevention Requires Honest Education, Communication, and Support
Every day, more than one million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired globally....
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Equity for LGBTQ+ Individuals Starts with Understanding Gender
Though heated debate about gender is ubiquitous in politics and social media, the real human...
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HCC Mobile Units Strive to Bring Health Care to All
HCC Network’s new mobile units are bridging the access gap in health care. In addition to their...
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Dementia Caregiving is Like Learning a New Language
A breakout session during the Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA) Get Link’d 2021...
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