Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2021
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FILE PHOTO - A nurse passes a blood sample of a COVID-19 patient to another nurse for testing in the ER at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in the Medical Center last July. Experts say lawmakers are running out of time to pass meaningful legislation that would help the state survive the next pandemic.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News
About a year ago, as a once-in-a-century public health crisis was unraveling across the world, it was abundantly clear how unprepared Texas was for the pandemic.
An aging data collection system within the Texas Department of State Health Services made it difficult for health officials to fully assess the impact of COVID-19, which the state s official numbers say has left nearly 50,000 people dead. Protective gear and COVID-19 tests were in short supply, leaving health care providers and governments scrambling to find supplies. Waves of infection would soon overwhelm entire hospit
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Something exciting today: a live episode of the podcast DEBUNKED which seeks to dispel harmful myths and stereotypes about people who use drugs, persons in recovery, and evidenced-based harm reduction efforts. Today we’ll debunk the myth; Native Americans only live on reservations. Our guests are: Sandy Sulzer, Director of the Office of Health Equity and Community Engagement at USU; Kristina Groves, LCSW, Ute/Hopi Tribe, Therapist at Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake; and podcast host Don Lyons.
DEBUNKED is a project of the Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative, housed in the Office of Health Equity and Community Engagement of the Utah State University College of Education and Human Services, Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, in partnership with USU Extension. The Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative (TROI), promotes evidence-based best practices across the state of Utah in an attempt to reduce the burden of the opioid cri
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Office of Equity highlights recent wins in racism battle Shawna De La Rosa | Apr 16, 2021
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Earlier this week, the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Health Equity updated community members on several key initiatives and new legislation that will help improve equity in the commonwealth, including a bill that recognizes racism as a public health crisis
Kasongo Butler, program manager for Elite Business Strategies, said her organization is working with community groups to find the best way to educate minority populations about the safety and importance of vaccines.
“We are going to door-to-door, we are working with leaders in the community and we register people to get vaccinated. We are looking to hire teams of about 20 people in each area.”
Pandemic reveals health care inequity
Published: 4/17/2021 1:00:11 PM
As an African American nurse, health care provider, and public health worker, Bobbie Bagley says she has “lived it” from both sides. The “it” being the inequities and systemic racism that exist in the health care system inequities that have come under the spotlight of the pandemic as COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color.
Inequities existed long before COVID-19 though, says Bagley, director of the Division of Public Health and Community Services for the city of Nashua. She recalls her mother’s experience in an emergency room after falling and suffering a pelvic fracture. “I was astonished at how she was treated. The nurse slammed the bed up; she was there for an injury. As a nurse myself, I thought maybe she’s tired or doesn’t like old people,” says Bagley. “This is what we do, we try to make excuses. The last place you try to go is it’s because I’m Black or Brown.”