Addressing institutional racism in health care.
Health Equity & Social Justice
From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.
While investigating the basic needs of homeless students in Richmond County schools going unfulfilled, the I-TEAM took a closer look at the person in charge of this growing segment of the student body.
Although the upgrades at Cottage Gardens are ongoing, emergency department visits have dropped significantly.
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities.
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
The pandemic compounded barriers to accessing medical care—and many continue to delay or forgo treatment.
Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.
The loss of an emergency room worries nearby hospital officials but Wellstar Health System cites too many losses to continue at Atlanta Medical Center.
The third in a three-part series following intergenerational impacts the United States’ nearly 200 year policy of Indian boarding schools had, and continues to have, on some tribal members on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota today.