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Healthy Town Tioga Project: A model of possibilites for all of …

WebWe’ll have a seat at the table and a piece of the pie,” she says. Healthy Town Tioga Project emerges as a glimmer of hope and a model for the possibilities of a …

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Saving Pennsylvania Moms from Maternal Mortality

WebSaving Pennsylvania Moms. The U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world – especially among Black women. State Representative …

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Keeping Black Mothers—and Their Babies—Alive

WebKeeping Mothers — and Their Babies — Alive. Black women made up 43 percent of births in Philly but 73 percent of pregnancy-related deaths from 2013 to 2018. …

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A Village of Moms for Moms. Maternal Care for Women of Color

WebA Village of Moms, for Moms. Cocolife.Black provides Black and Brown women with lifesaving maternal care they have long needed, from pre-conception …

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Healthcare Women Can Trust

WebSep. 26, 2023. Nadira Danielle Gray was scared. She’d just turned 40, and her family medicine doctor told her it was time to start getting mammograms. But to Gray, even the …

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Philly Initiative Meets Youth in Mental Distress in Schools

WebEarly estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics suggest there were more than 6,600 deaths by suicide among the 10 to 24 age group in 2020. Mental …

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The Color of Coronavirus: Black Mental Health Aftershocks

WebLike many other mental health professionals of color, Peterson points to the Tuskegee experiment, female sterilization initiatives, and the harvesting of Henrietta …

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Bridging the Salud Mental (Mental Health) Gap

WebBridging the Salud Mental Gap. Bridging the. Salud Mental. Gap. A new cohort of Spanish-speaking peer mental health specialists is ready to provide real-time …

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Penn's Kevin Mahoney is rethinking the future of health care for all …

WebA little more than a year and a global pandemic later, the Mercy moment has, almost miraculously, resulted in something great.. Working with Gauthier, Penn Medicine …

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“Loving Every Part of Yourself”

WebPenn grads Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno launched Be Body Positive Philly to empower high schoolers to live peacefully and healthfully in their …

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A New Kind of Recovery

WebNov. 05, 2015. To Sadé Ali, former deputy of the city’s department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services, understanding the needs of a subset of transgender …

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Business for Good: Cayaba Care

WebSo at the end of 2020, he launched Cayaba Care, a maternal health startup that provides wraparound support during pregnancy for little to no cost. The West Philly …

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Is a Philly vaccination collaborative a roadmap to equitable …

WebMore than 500 West Philadelphians, 95 percent of whom were Black, got a shot that day—the first community clinic of the #VaccineCollaborative organized by the …

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How Philly’s first menstrual hub is fighting period poverty

WebEnd period poverty. Donate menstrual supplies to local shelters, and by supporting organizations that supply products to people in Philadelphia who are unable …

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Comcast and IBX form Quil Health to Stem Healthcare Costs

WebThere is a line, in the bro-comedy Wedding Crashers, in which Christopher Walken, in recognition of his daughter’s betrothal, makes a toast to the joining of “two …

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CHOP financial wellness program helps local families recoup $700K

WebThe True Meaning of Health Care. A new financial wellness program at CHOP has helped families recoup $700,000 owed to them in an effort to tackle a critical vital sign: poverty. …

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Integrity Icon 2020: Meet Dr. Ruth Abaya

WebRuth Abaya knew for certain that she wanted to pursue a career in medicine after one particular incident as a high school student in Nigeria. “I had the opportunity to …

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The Citizen Recommends: Clinica de Migrantes

WebBY Syra Ortiz-Blanes. Aug. 31, 2018. The waiting room at Puentes de Salud, a nonprofit health center for Latino immigrants, is buzzing on a quiet Monday night in South …

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