The federal government is diminishing the nation’s capacity to measure the health of Americans. In this webinar, we review the new holes in the federal data landscape and discuss strategies for reporters in search of data and facts.
Health Equity & Social Justice
With much misinformation prevailing across immigrant communities about autism, Vietnamese parents raising children with Autism Spectrum Disorder face a number of significant challenges rooted in cultural beliefs, social stigma, and limited access to resources and services.
Despite years of pledges to address systemic racism and discriminatory discipline practices, the most recent state data show that two school districts, Sacramento City Unified and Elk Grove Unified, continue to suspend Black students at some of the highest rates in California.
Menopause symptoms are often dismissed, with many doctors lacking proper training. Lawmakers in California and other states are pushing for mandatory education to improve care and support for women.
A lack of Asian foster parents makes family reunions harder to reach for Asian families.
A custom dataset shows toxic cleanups take far longer in marginalized Bay Area communities — even for comparable sites like underground storage tanks.
What if reactions during moments of stress have a deeper, underlying context that connects to past generational history of trauma and racism? Hosts of this podcast explore whether behavior patterns can be inherited, learned or culturally programmed. They explore the evolving social and scientific theories of intergenerational trauma, weathering, epigenetics and John Henryism to build an understanding of how racism can get under skins, be felt in bodies and affect overall health.
Maria Barrera and her fifteen year old daughter struggle to cope after Maria's husband is detained.
Racial inequities in health care and research have long been a problem. Increasing the number of Black participants in clinical trials can help reduce those racial gaps.
El primer programa residencial del condado para mujeres latinas se centrará en una atención culturalmente competente.