Welcome to final day of the Health Equity Can’t Wait! blog carnival. In the spirit of National Minority Health Month—a nationwide campaign from our friends in the Office of Minority Health—members and friends of the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) Community Working Group are taking to the blogosphere to talk about the opportunities and challenges we face in realizing a country where everyone has an equal opportunity to be healthy and thrive.
We’re tackling a different theme each day—check out what our earlier bloggers had to say. On Wednesday, our friends talked about the ways that their organizations and communities are taking action to advance health equity. Yesterday, posters explored the question of whether health is a civil and/or human right. Today, we wrap up by exploring the diversity of experiences within health disparities communities.
Our working group recognizes that we do not live “single-issue” lives and must take a holistic approach to advancing health equity. We realize that subpopulations within communities of color face compounded barriers such as, but not limited to, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, citizenship and immigration status, primary language, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and income. Today, we recognize the work being done to advance health equity at the intersections of racial/ethnic and other identities.
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Our final question to bloggers is: How does race/ethnicity intersect with other identities in ways that compound barriers to health care and lead to health disparities, and how do you approach these concerns?
Chasing the Sunlight of Opportunity by Kellan Baker, MPH, MA, Health Policy Analyst, LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress
Health Equity Can’t Wait Because Millions of Lives Are on the Line by Sandra Yang, Health Equity Department Families USA
Indigenous Farmworkers Face Unique Barriers to Healthcare by Alexis Guild, Migrant Health Policy Analyst, Farmworker Justice
Surviving at the Intersections—Barriers to Health for API Women by Shivana Jorawar, Esq., Reproductive Justice Fellow, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Clearing the Path to Health Equity Requires Removing Roadblocks for Immigrants by Kara D. Ryan, Senior Research Analyst, Health Policy Project, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Eliminating Disparities in Maternal Health by Christine Monahan, Health Policy Advisor and Kalahn Taylor-Clark, Director of Health Policy, National Partnership for Women & Families
Health Equity At The Intersections: Latino/a and LGBT Health by Veronica Bayetti, Policy Research Specialist at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and Patrick Paschall, Esq., Policy Advocate at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Raising Our Voices For Health Equity by Keely Monroe, JD Program Coordinator and Law Students for Reproductive Justice Fellow, National Women's Health Network
Why Are Women of Color Still Dying in Childbirth? by Jasmine Burnett, Community Organizer, Raising Women’s Voices-NY, guest blogger for Community Catalyst
Addressing Disparities, Promoting Health Equity and Ending HIV/AIDS by Jeffrey Levi, PhD, Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health
Health Care Equity Can’t Wait—Women with Compounding Barriers by Lacy Langbecker, MSW, Field Student/Intern, Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
Why Do Poverty, Poor Health and Unequal Opportunity Persist in the Lives of So Many African Americans? by Otis Pitts, JD, MPH, Operations Manager for The City of Hartford Health and Human Services
A Movement for National Minority Health Month by Kathy Kim Lo, President, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
The White House Hosts Conference in Atlanta on HIV/AIDS in LGBT Communities by Charles Stephens, Southern Regional Organizer, AIDS United
Race, Sex and Health Care: The Math Adds up to ACA by Dania Palanker, Senior Health Policy Advisor, National Women's Law Center
P.S. Today’s the day! Join us today, April 27, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT, to cap off National Minority Health Month with a Twitter chat! Follow hashtag #HealthEquityNow to join in on the conversation. We’ll be re-tweeting and sharing your thoughts! New to Twitter? Create an account or check out some frequently asked questions to get started.
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Earlier posts:
From your perspective, is health care a civil and/or human right?
Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care is a Human Right by Aurelia Aceves, National Urban Fellow, Community Catalyst
Health Care is a Human Right for All by Alexis Guild, Migrant Health Policy Analyst, Farmworker Justice
Health Care is Always a Human Right by Christine Soyong Harley, Policy and Programs Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity by Sergio Eduardo Muñoz, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy Project, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Redefining Health: Community Prevention As a Human Right by Ben Simons, Program Coordinator, Prevention Institute
Health As a Fundamental Human Right by Anjela Jenkins, Policy Analyst & Law Students for Reproductive Justice Legal Fellow, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Health Equity Can’t Wait: Why? Because Health Care is a Basic Human Right! by Lacy Langbecker, MSW, Field Student/Intern, Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
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What is your organization or community doing to advance a health equity mission?
Working Toward Health Equity Together by Quynh Chi Nguyen, Program and Policy Associate, and Aurelia Aceves, National Urban Fellow, Community Catalyst
Promoting the Health Care Law Today because Health Equity Can’t Wait by Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Director of Health Equity, Families USA
Farmworker Justice: Advancing Health Equity through Education and Advocacy by Alexis Guild, Migrant Health Policy Analyst, Farmworker Justice
Maryland Has Said—Now is the Time for Health Equity! by Leni Preston, Chair, Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform
United We Stand: Achieving Health Equity for All by Kellan Baker, MPH, MA, Health Policy Analyst, LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress; Patrick Paschall, Esq., Policy Advocate, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; and Harper Jean Tobin, Esq., Policy Counsel, National Center for Transgender Equality
Health Equity is a Matter of Reproductive Justice by Natalie D. Camastra, Reproductive Justice Public Policy Fellow, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice: Eliminating Health Disparities by Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Trust for America's Health
African American Elder Health Disparities by Delane Sims Founder/Chair, Senior Moments
Our Communities Count: Advancing Health Equity by Improving Data by Rebecca Spence, Reproductive Justice Fellow, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Health Equity Can’t Wait: Supporting A Health Equity Agenda In Wisconsin by Lacy Langbecker, MSW, Field Student/Intern, Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health