The series has provided perspectives on how to dismantle unjust systems and structures that have long impacted health outcomes in historically
marginalized populations.
The first season is wrapping up today with an interview with Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences on how private-sector companies can advance health equity goals and how Gilead is specifically addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black and Brown communities throughout Southern states in the US.
If you haven’t listened yet, here’s a good chance to get caught up
on the first season, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.”
Hosted by CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun, the inaugural season explored how to challenge injustices in health care through research, evidence, community-building, and other innovative solutions.
In the premiere episode, Thomas Sequist from Massachusetts General Brigham considered the important role of health and hospital systems in driving health equity in the US.
Bryan O.
Buckley of the National Committee for Quality Assurance argued that collaboration with communities as they considered health equity accreditation is a key component for how to improve health equity.
With looming
concerns surrounding disparities with maternal health outcomes, Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck provided insight into
how the Merck for Mothers initiative has played a pivotal role in addressing and understanding this variance.
Nicole Christian-Brathwaite of Headway and Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting explored mental health care disparities, examining the impacts these inconsistencies have had on historically marginalized communities and what strategic approaches can be conducted to improve mental health outcomes.
In an attempt to drive positive, equitable health outcomes, Karen DeSalvo of Google sought opportunities to leverage data and partnerships as equitable drivers and explored the strategies from public and private sectors when promoting health equity.
And finally, the latest episode caps the first season off with an interview with Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences.
We are
grateful to CVS Health for supporting the inaugural season.
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In a new health policy brief, researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, the University 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.
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tina
Hernandez-Boussard of Stanford University on her recent paper exploring ways that we can promote equity
in clinical decision-making and how to dismantle race-based medicine.
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