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NIMHD Insights 2024 NIMHD Insights Blog

WebBy Dr. Deborah Duran, Ph.D. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)Posted April 22, 2024. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are critical aspects for advancing health equity and part of this year’s focus for National Minority Health Month. Recent decades have brought increased recognition that social …

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WebBy CAPT Tarsha Cavanaugh, Ph.D., M.S.W., LGSWOffice of Minority HealthPosted April 26, 2024 We are nearing the end of National Minority Health Month (NMHM), an annual observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH). NMHM is a time for us all to reflect on the role we can play in …

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Big Problems, Big Data, Bigger Possibilities in Health Disparities

WebPosted on December 16, 2021 NIMHD economist Dr. Nancy Breen shares how big data can lead to greater knowledge about the causes of health disparities and more effective methods for addressing them. No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. – Albert Einstein By Nancy Breen, …

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How ScHARe's Big Data Approach Can Yield Big Gains in SDOH …

WebBy Dr. Deborah Duran, Ph.D.National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)Posted April 22, 2024Social determinants of health (SDOH) are critical aspects for advancing health equity and part of this year’s focus for National Minority Health Month. Recent decades have brought increased recognition that social determinants of …

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Moving From Willingness to Vaccination Uptake: Strategies for …

WebBy Deborah E. Linares, Ph.D., M.A. and Vanessa Marshall, Ph.D.National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)Posted March 7, 2024Moving from willingness (to take a vaccine) to vaccination uptake remains a public health challenge, because there are multiple factors driving vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy occurs …

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Get in the Cloud: Why Thousands of Researchers are Joining …

WebPosted November 1, 2023 By Deborah Guadalupe Duran, Ph.D.Senior Advisory- Data Science, Analytics and Systems, National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesLuca Calzoni, M.D., MS, Ph.D. Cand.Physician and Data Scientist, National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesSince February 17, 2023, thousands …

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NIH’s Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2021 …

WebPosted on July 27, 2021 NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable shares his thoughts on the NIH Strategic Plan for Minority Health and Health Disparities. By Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities The COVID-19 pandemic has brought minority health and health disparities new attention on the …

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All Health is Local: Measuring the Burden of Disease by U.S.

WebPosted on August 5, 2021 Chief Strategy Officer for Population Health at the University of Washington, Dr. Ali Mokdad shares his views on why all health is local Ali H. Mokdad, Ph.D.Chief Strategy Officer, Population HealthProfessor, Health Metrics SciencesInstitute for Health Metrics and EvaluationUniversity of Washington, Seattle Despite greater …

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Advancing the Health and Wellbeing of Black and Latino Sexual …

WebPosted March 8, 2023 By Jordan J. White, DrPH, MSWAssistant Professor Bachelors of Social Work DepartmentSchool of Social WorkMorgan State University In the 1990s, I witnessed several community members and relatives pass away from HIV/AIDS. These experiences piqued my interest in the role of social networks, assets, and resources in …

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Exploring the Potential of Artificial

WebPosted on June 26, 2019 By Natasha Williams, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., M.P.H.Former NIMHD Legislative LiaisonNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Over the last 20 years, the diagnosis and treatment of disease has advanced at breakneck speeds. Currently, we have technologies that have revolutionized the practice of medicine, such …

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NIMHD Director Statement in Support of NIH Efforts to Address

WebBy Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. O n March 1, NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced the launch of UNITE, a new NIH initiative aimed at bringing an end to structural racism in biomedical research. In his statement, Dr. Collins recalled the agency’s …

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New Policy Paves Way to Scientific Discovery in a Data-Rich World

WebBy Paul Cotton, Ph.D., RDNNational Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesPosted Feb. 27, 2024Insights Into the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing PolicyIn a significant development for the scientific community, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled its Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy. The DMS policy …

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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Hispanic and Latino Youth

WebPosted July 10, 2023. By Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Institute of Mental Health . At the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), we have made it a priority to advance science focused on decreasing youth mental health disparities by 2031.In this message, I’d like to focus specifically on one group: Hispanic and Latino youth.

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Striving Towards Health Equity: Understanding the Impact of

WebPosted on June 23, 2022Updated June 27, 2022 By Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesFor Pride Month, learn how NIMHD is working to understand health disparities that impact SGM populationsSexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, …

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Focus on Medicaid Eligibility Renewals Archives: 2023 NIMHD

WebPosted December 8, 2023 By Aditi Mallick, M.D.Acting Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Minority Health Earlier this year, state Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) began the process of conducting renewals for health care coverage, following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. …

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Love, Health, and the Hood: Neighborhood Effects on Black …

WebBy August "A.J." Jenkins, Ph.D.University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPosted Feb. 16, 2024When I think about the resources that may be important to Black Americans' psychological health and their intimate relationships, I often think about my grandparents' neighborhood on the westside of Detroit (my hometown). Growing up, …

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Health Literacy: Why It Matters for Minority Health and Health

WebPosted on October 29, 2018By Sherine El-Toukhy, Ph.D., M.A.Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator & NIH Distinguished ScholarDivision of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesA basic principle of effective communication is to know the audience.1 This principle is especially important for patient …

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Feed1st – A Model for Alleviating Hunger With Dignity

WebThe University of Chicago. Posted March 29, 2024. Feed1st, an open-access food pantry available to patients and their families at the University of Chicago Medicine began in a chapel closet. It was an idea sparked in 2010 by the hospital's chaplain, Reverend Karen Hutt. Initially, the food made available to the community via Feed1st …

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National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Blog Series

WebCentering Structural Inequities in Conversations on Mental Health Among People of Color Posted on July 15, 2020 Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.Chief, Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mongan InstituteProfessor, Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School …

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