Health Leads Newsletter - January 2023

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Extending Care to Our Community

Hello Health Leads Community,

With our first newsletter of 2023, we were excited to welcome everyone to the year with high hopes for our collective work dismantling systemic racism that impacts our health. While that hope remains high, like many of you, our team has been devastated by both the shootings in two different communities in California where Chinese and Taiwanese Americans, other AAPI and Latinx community members were killed, and the release of the video of the murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, yet another senseless killing of a Black man. There have been 40 shootings this year, and those are just the ones we know about. We barely have time to catch our breath before the next tragedy occurs.

We know both racism ([link removed]) and gun violence ([link removed]) are public health crises. As we take the time at Health Leads to process the latest violence, our commitment to our partners, to all of you, is to continue our work to dismantle racism at every level of our health, health care, and community health systems. We will stay committed to our internal equity journey and share it openly – the good, bad and ugly. And we will stay committed to building this collective movement.

I’ll also share what I expressed to our team: we need you in the fight. And this is a very long fight. While we can’t create the employment environment for every one of our partners to have space to process the heaviness of our work and the continued violence in our country, we hope you will take the time you need to feel whatever it is you feel and stay in the fight. To undo and repair the deep-seeded racism and racial hierarchy that permeates individuals, institutions and systems in the United States, and heal both the ongoing and secondary traumas from our history and today ([link removed]) , we need all of you. This is collective work. This is the work of generations.

Health Leads history is rooted in sharing resources sourced by our community partners and, with permission, following up to make sure the resource connection was made. We welcome you to share resources you have found helpful ([link removed]) in your communities. We would love to learn more about your work on racial justice, gun violence, hate crimes, or mental health and well-being. We’ll share these resources and stories in our digital channels in the weeks ahead. Thank you for all you're doing to stay in this fight with us, especially through the hard days and weeks


Sending love and appreciation,

Alexandra Quinn
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Expanding Access to Doula Care in New York
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Senator Brouk uplifts the efforts of the NY Coalition for Doula Access ([link removed]) by sharing her Equitable Doula Medicaid Reimbursement letter with Governor Hochul. Members of the New York State Senate make a step towards reducing maternal health inequity by advocating for equitable reimbursement rates commensurate with a livable wage for doulas serving Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Reframing the Conversation about
Child and Adolescent Vaccinations

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How vaccinations are talked about plays a critically important role in shaping attitudes about vaccines and their benefits, as well as shaping public support for policies that increase access to vaccines. This strategic brief includes evidence-based recommendations for communicating about vaccinations and ultimately ensuring the health of children and adolescents.
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Op-ed: Reducing the Threat of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Starts with Kids
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In a recent STAT News op-ed, Children’s Health Equity Working Group members Dr. Rhea Boyd ([link removed]) , Bruce Lesley ([link removed]) andAlexandra Quinn ([link removed]) about the importance of childhood vaccinations. Read their views on how vaccinations are an important public health measure to prevent adulthood diseases and their top priorities for the government should focus on to protect the health and well-being of the nation's children.

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Missed Our Webinars? Find Them All Here!

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Last year was packed with informative and engaging virtual events! Health Leads and The Vaccine Equity Cooperative ([link removed]) hosted a range of topics from equity-oriented primary care & the data equity framework, to keeping kids healthy in school and lifesaving antiviral COVID treatment. Checkout all the recordings on our Youtube!
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What We're Reading
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‘I Don’t Want to Die’: Fighting Maternal Mortality Among Black Women ([link removed])

As the Black maternal health crisis continues to loom in America because of substandard maternal care and racial biases, black-led organizations are working hard to address the disparities. Read about St. Louis-based childhood development nonprofit Parents as Teachers ([link removed]) and the movement fighting to save the lives of Black birthing people via doula support.

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Our Top Ten Resources of 2022 ([link removed])

In case you missed them, we shared our top 10 resources of 2022 over winter break. The list includes our most popular resources, webinars, and blog posts developed by Health Leads staff and our incredible partners! Be sure to like, share, and follow our social channels to receive our latest resources for 2023!

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Health Leads Spotify Playlist ([link removed])

Our staff-curated 2022 holiday playlist is full of motivating, empowering songs that have helped us celebrate our highs and lift us up from the lows of racial health equity work. We hope these tunes will help you as you make it through the new year.

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