The UTHealth Trauma and Resilience Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) offers a team-based, integrated approach to the behavioral health needs of veterans and their families. At the Trauma and Resilience Center, the multi-disciplinary concept expands choices provided to veterans as well as their spouses and children who have also been […]
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Fifty Years On, African Americans Still Face Disadvantages
Fifty years after the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders — better known as the Kerner Commission — delivered a groundbreaking report to President Lyndon B. Johnson citing the lack of economic opportunity in African-American communities as a chief cause of civil unrest in the country, African Americans are still economically disadvantaged compared to whites, an issue brief […]
Integration of Immigrants: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know
This infographic from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) presents ten statistics to counter common misconceptions about immigrants in America. For more statistics, read the National Academies’ report, The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. Population of focus: American immigrants Links to resource: View the infographic Integration of Immigrants: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About […]
Women of Color Health Databook, Fourth Edition
By 2043, the United States is predicted to become a majority “minority” nation of Hispanics and other non-whites, including African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Asians/Pacific Islanders. By 2050, women of color will represent 53 percent of the total U.S. female population. Introduced in October 2014, by The Office of Research on Women’s Health at the […]
NPA to End Health Disparities Quarterly Newsletters
The National Partnership for Action (NPA) Quarterly Newsletter highlights the actions and achievements of the Regional Health Equity Councils, Federal Interagency Health Equity Team, NPA Partners, and stakeholders. Articles include NPA updates, announcements, events, spotlight pieces and recent blog posts. If you would like to see the current edition, please click the NPA Newsletter link to view […]
Haumea: Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Women and Empowering Wāhine Well-Being
This new publication from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs examines important issues impacting Native Hawaiian females from keiki to kupuna, including mental and emotional well-being, suicidality, physical health, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, intimate partner violence, incarceration, economic wellness, poverty rates, underrepresented occupations, gender wage gaps, and much more. The report also underscores the […]