Thursday, October 12, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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John, ICYMI, Tina Hernandez-Boussard of Stanford University joined A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper exploring ways that we can promote equity in clinical decision-making and how to dismantle
race-based medicine.
In a new health policy brief, researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, theUniversity of California Berkeley, and Spelman College examine water insecurity in the United States and its implications for health equity.
In the brief, the authors note that while the quantity of water available in the US is adequate, more than 60 million people
receive drinking water from systems that are either not in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 or from unregulated private wells.
The authors suggest that forms of structural violence, including regulatory abandonment and
underinvestment, contribute to health- and economic-related burdens of water insecurity that are felt disproportionately by communities of color and low-income communities.
They conclude that large-scale investments and policies are needed to close the gap between the aspirations of laws recognizing a human right to water and the realities of the water security challenges that remain.
Research and Justice For All is sponsored by CVS Health and cohosted by Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical Officer (CVS Health), and Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health).
On the final episode, Chaguturu and Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals.
They also discuss how Gilead is addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black and Brown communities throughout the US South.
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