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  1. Community health workers help address mental health concerns, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Oct 18, 2024

    Indigenous women face barriers to health care, 1 in 3 high school students report experiencing racism, DEI backlash threatening research into affects of racism on health, community health workers offering mental health support, and an effort to return birthing services to a rural CT area.

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  2. Health centers in CT serve the undocumented, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Aug 30, 2024

    Connecticut health centers provide many different types of care to undocumented residents, the lessons the U.S. can learn from Europe to improve maternal health outcomes, maternal home visits to be expanded, California working to eliminate racism from exam rooms, and an investigation into the purchase of a Connecticut medical group.

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  3. Black adults develop coping skills for racism, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jul 19, 2024

    A new study finds that Black adults develop coping skills to deal with racism; a program that aims to improve maternal health care; immigrant doctors seen as possible solution to workforce shortage; racial gap in fatal shootings in Connecticut; and how vulnerable people are shut out of dental care in the U.S.

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  4. The impacts of racism on Black adolescents, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jun 21, 2024

    Racism can put Black children and teens at higher risk of depression and anxiety; hair products marketed towards Black women dangerous but still on the market; many U.S. troops and their families live in health care deserts; assistance on the way for the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing in CT; and Black mothers in CT are at highest risk of maternal mortality.

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  5. Anti-Racism Resources

    Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021

    These are resources related to learning about racism and how to take action.

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  6. New infographic: How racism shapes opportunities for Black families

    Wednesday, Nov 03, 2021

    A message from President and CEO Tiffany Donelson about CT Health’s new infographic.

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  7. Facing racism: A call to action for philanthropy

    Thursday, Jun 11, 2020

    Today’s blog post is from Tiffany Donelson, vice president of program for the Connecticut Health Foundation. In September 2020, she will become the…

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  8. Racial injustice is everyone’s problem: Why we all must speak out

    Tuesday, Jun 02, 2020

    Statement from Patricia Baker, president and CEO, Connecticut Health Foundation

    Like many of you, I have struggled with a deep sense…

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  9. COVID-19 in context: Why we need to understand the roots of health disparities

    Thursday, Apr 16, 2020

    Data shows that the new coronavirus is disproportionately striking black and Hispanic residents and killing black residents at a significantly higher…

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