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The Health of the States
October 27, 2016The Health of the States (HOTS) project is a detailed analysis of state rankings on 39 health outcomes, and correlations between those health outcomes and 123 determinants of health spanning five domains: health care, health behaviors, social...
Press Release
October 27, 2016Contact: Gita Rampersad, JD, MHA Telephone: 202.765.2500 Cell: 773.398.2021 Email: grampersad@nationalcollaborative.org Website: https://nationalcollaborative.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2016 NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH...
Using vs. Watching: How Documentaries The Raising of America and Unnatural Causes Have Engaged Communities
October 26, 2016Tuesday, November 01, 2016 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM, CCC, Room #403 Session 4216.0 Using vs. Watching: How the Documentaries The Raising of America and Unnatural Causes Have Engaged...
Nearly 1 Million Chicagoland Workers Win Earned Sick Time!
October 6, 2016Just a few months after our historic earned sick time victory in Chicago, Women Employed celebrates another triumph as The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed their own sick time ordinance on October 5th. For the first time, all employees who...
Listen to Testimony from the 1966 U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing in Cleveland
October 6, 2016by Nick Castele For six days in April 1966, a panel appointed by U.S. presidents heard from Cleveland mothers, children, activists, attorneys, high school students, laborers, union leaders, landlords, elected officials and police. The U.S. Civil...
Center for Research on Men’s Health opens at Vanderbilt
October 4, 2016by Jim Patterson Work has begun at the new Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University, a university-wide research center with a two-pronged mission to promote men’s health and reduce health disparities. “This important new...
The Black Maternal Mortality Rate in the US Is an International Crisis
October 3, 2016By Dr. Joia Crear Perry Last week I spoke at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge the United States to use a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality in the U.S. That’s right: Black women are...
Beyond Bias Webinar Series
September 15, 2016Beyond Bias is a two-part webinar series sponsored by the National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) and the Within Our Lifetime Network (WOL), in partnership with The Perception Institute. Part I — Part I of the Beyond Bias series took a...
Just Medicine – Making the ACA Vision a Reality For African Americans
September 13, 2016Health Equity Panel for ALC 2016 Walter E. Washington Convention Center Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:00PM – 4:00PM, Room 147A A series of provocative conversations among doctors, social scientists, legislators, activists, and lawyers about new...
New RWJF Leadership Program Launches: Nearly 40 Social Innovators From Across Sectors Selected to Build Culture of Health
September 12, 2016CONTACT Theresa Lewallen 202-789-3533 September 12, 2016 info@cultureofhealth-leaders.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2016 New Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program Launches: Nearly 40 Social Innovators From Across Sectors...