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  1. Mental health care difficult to find, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 12, 2024

    Stories about limited access to mental health care, health disparities between rural and urban Americans, new WIC rules expand food options, Medicaid redetermination’s financial impact on community health centers, and a study on why many women skip life-saving mammograms.

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  2. Statement on U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion

    Friday, Jun 24, 2022

    Changes that make it more difficult for people to obtain reproductive health care only stand to worsen these devastating inequities. Today’s ruling is likely to impose particularly harsh burdens on those who already face the biggest challenges to accessing needed health care.

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  3. The Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion is a health equity issue

    Friday, Jun 24, 2022

    Women’s health, well-being, and futures are at stake. Abortion is a safe medical procedure and, like all health care choices, is one that is best made by a woman and her provider. This Supreme Court decision will play a major structural force in exacerbating health inequity for women.

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  4. CT had among highest telehealth usage in 2020, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Dec 10, 2021

    This week’s news roundup features stories about CT’s high telehealth usage, challenges pediatricians are facing when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine for kids, and more.

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  5. Health care for thousands in CT at risk, the silent struggle black women face, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jul 12, 2019

    health disparities
    Here’s why many black women are silent about their struggle with infertility
    Danielle Braff, The Chicago Tribune, June…

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  6. A drop in cancer disparities, churches tackling medical debt, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Jun 07, 2019

    HEALTH DISPARITIES
    ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care
    Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post,…

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  7. How addressing housing can target asthma and more in this week’s health news roundup

    Friday, May 31, 2019

    HEALTH AND HOUSING
    Connecticut looks at tackling housing issues to treat asthma
    Nicole Leonard, WNPR, May 28
    Asthma affects about 12 percent of…

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  8. Community health workers, health disparities, lessons from studying ER bills, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, May 17, 2019

    COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
    Integrating community health workers into health care teams without co-opting them
    Cheryl Garfield and Shreya Kangovi,…

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  9. Meeting moms where they are: A community health worker brings mental health to the grocery store

    Friday, May 10, 2019

    Kimberly Streater in the MOMS Partnership hub at Stop & Shop in New Haven, where she…

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  10. Complex questions of fairness in organ donations, barriers to treatment for moms with depression, and more in this week’s roundup

    Friday, Apr 12, 2019

    HEALTH EQUITY
    Silenced by fear
    Aneri Pattani, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5
    Experts agree that postpartum depression is highly underreported.…

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