MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: November 4, 2022

HEALTH DISPARITY RELATED ARTICLES

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Science Visioning Research Strategies (opens new window)

 In 2015, NIMHD began a visioning process to create a scientific vision that will transform minority health and health disparities research. Thirty specific research strategies across the three pillars that guided the science visioning – methods and measurement, etiology and interventions – establish a new paradigm to stimulate research for improving minority health and closing the gaps in health disparities. Read more (opens new window)

Diversity in medicine starts in medical school, study finds (opens new window)

Women reported a higher number of research experiences than men but a significantly lower number of publications. Black and Hispanic students reported lower publication rates than white or Asian students. Students who attended NIH's top 40 research-ranked schools reported higher numbers of research experience and publication counts compared with non-top 40 schools. Read more (opens new window)

Improving Access to Healthcare in Alaska’s Rural Villages (opens new window)

Before Quana Ticket became a PA, she was a community health aide in Selawik, a village of about 809 people in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. The community consists of three pieces of land connected by two bridges that run over the Selawik River. Kotzebue, known as the “hub” among its surrounding villages because it is the closest village with a hospital, is 73 miles away and accessible only by plane year-round or snow machine in the winter. Read more (opens new window)

2022 Monkeypox U.S. Map & Case Count (opens new window) Data as of November 3: 28,619 total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases

 HOTLINE RESOURCES

Stop COVID-19 Xenophobia: Report Asian American Hate crimes due to COVID-19 misinformation (opens new window)

Suicide Prevention Lifeline (opens new window) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (opens new window) provides COVID-19 guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities and sates across the country. The website is updated daily.