Addressing racial disparities in health begins upstream with racial equity in society
This month, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially released an ambitious three-year plan to dismantle structural racism within their organization by addressing past harms and examining institutional roles that uphold these structures. AMA launched this work in 2019, but the events of 2020 and 2021 highlighted the pervasiveness of racial inequity in health care and emphasizing the necessity for such a plan.
AMA’s plan is not just about organizational racism. It is ultimately aimed at reducing the enormous disparities in health status that are intrinsically tied to race and racism. These ongoing health disparities and the ongoing health threat posed by systemic racial inequity were amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black and Latino populations disproportionally impacted. In fact, a recent study showed 34 percent of COVID-19 deaths were among non-Hispanic Black people, though thi
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HARTFORD, Conn., March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A combination of common medications and treatments can keep some, if not most, COVID-19 patients out of the hospital. That is the information collated from the world s medical literature and practiced by Connecticut physician, H. Robert Silverstein, MD, Medical Director of The Preventive Medicine Center in Hartford.
Dr. Silverstein has been using this therapy on his COVID-19 patients since June 2021. These are readily available treatment options available to medical providers which professional medical journals document that we, too, have found to vastly reduce the symptoms and seriousness of the corona virus infection to just a bad cold and rarely anything more, he says.
Doctors Working to Change the Pattern of Racial Disparity in American Health Care
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The field of medicine is seeing an unprecedented increase in students hoping to join its ranks. Applications to medical schools are up nearly 20 percent this year and students of color are helping to drive up the numbers. Many say they’re motivated to help their communities, which have been hit the hardest during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Chris Pernell is a fellow at the American College of Preventive Medicine and a clinical assistant professor at Rutger’s Medical School. Dr. James E. K. Hildreth is one of the nation’s leading immunologists and head of the Meharry Medical College in Nashville. They tell us how they hope their work will change the pattern of disparities in American health care.
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Mischief @ No Fixed Address second leg of its work for Pfizer has arrived in the form of out-of-home ads running across the US in more than 175 markets. It is powered by $2.7M in donated media from Quan Media Group. In addition, the NBA will run the ads across its network.
The goal of the spots is to remind Americans that it is because of each of the intimate, interpersonal moments featured that we should all get vaccinated. The ads feature real people who provided personal footage to be used for this campaign to encourage Americans to seek vaccination.
The vaccine confidence PSAs are a collaborative effort from the American Nurses Association, National Black Nurses Association, American Pharmacists Association, The American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, Pfizer and BioNTech.
February 1, 2021
BLOOMFIELD, NJ Mayor Venezia and the Town Council will hold a community meeting to discuss health equity and the COVID-19 vaccine virtually on February 3 at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker Dr. Chris Pernell will join the discussion. The Bloomfield Health Department will make a presentation about the health and efficacy of the vaccine and will be able to answer any question residents may have.
“After months of waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine we are finally seeing residents get vaccinated which is outstanding news. However, many residents have not been able to sign up for the vaccine and some have reservations about receiving the vaccine,” said Mayor Venezia. “It is critical that no group is left out of getting the vaccine and that it is distributed in a fair and equitable manner. For this reason, the Council and I felt that it was important to hold this meeting for our community to answer any questions residents may still have and to invite Dr. Pernell.”