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Just Equity For Health @just_equity

Just Equity For Health, a healthcare improvement company that uses advocacy, education and care model design to ensure equitable care delivery.

Joined June 2021
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Just Equity For Health@just_equity
12 Nov 2024
📣 Announcement from JEH: 📣 We are sunsetting our Twitter/X account. Please follow us at the accounts below instead. (Our Threads and Bluesky accounts are new, but content coming soon.) Thank you!
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🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024 @ 4:30 PM ET 🗓️ Don't miss our next #SocialMedicine Rounds: "Transgender Health and Advocacy: The Current State of Affairs" Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… (1/4)
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What are social medicine rounds? Our Social Medicine Rounds are an opportunity to connect our staff, faculty, trainees and community members to leaders who discuss the medical, economic and psychosocial issues impacting the health and wellness of our Bronx community. (4/4)
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@Lionhearted_ben @kiaraditmas
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🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024 @ 4:30 PM ET 🗓️ Don't miss our next #SocialMedicine Rounds: "Transgender Health and Advocacy: The Current State of Affairs" Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… (1/4)
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What are social medicine rounds? Our Social Medicine Rounds are an opportunity to connect our staff, faculty, trainees and community members to leaders who discuss the medical, economic and psychosocial issues impacting the health and wellness of our Bronx community. (4/4)
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@Lionhearted_ben @kiaraditmas
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A new @Nature review by @GoldbergLab305, @Julius_Wilder, & @norahterrault describes health inequities along the entire spectrum of chronic liver disease care, from screening and diagnosis to prevention and treatment of liver-related complications: go.nature.com/4fgMW3W (1/2)
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These inequities— experienced by racial & ethnic minority groups, people of lower SES, & underserved rural communities— lead to delayed diagnosis of liver disease and its complications, differences in treatment of the above, & ultimately unequal access to transplantation. (2/2)
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A new podcast series hosted by @FXBHarvard's @DrBFran features conversations with leading experts, innovators, and change-makers in the #healthequity space. Read more: bit.ly/3C8jHl5 Listen to the pod: apple.co/4ftUsrP
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Just Equity For Health retweeted
Stella Safo, MD MPH@AmmahStarr
29 Oct 2024
Calling all healthcare workers! Join the We Will Vote campaign, along with over 250K of your fellow HCWs: tally.so/r/3NXalb @civichealth_all @Vot_ER_org @Hdhp_initiative
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Just Equity For Health retweeted
AMWA Doctors
@AMWADoctors
29 Oct 2024
From addressing barriers in reproductive care to ensuring access across communities, healthcare justice needs every ally. Join us—and bring an ally, on October 30 for 'Protecting Healthcare Access: Allies’ Voices Matter.' bit.ly/3ZPT7XM
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A new @Health_Affairs piece by @nzewde et al. reveals how high insurance deductibles can exacerbate healthcare inequities, particularly through systemic racial and wealth disparities that go beyond income: bit.ly/3Y5iMca (1/2)
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Across income levels, white households held significantly more wealth than did Black and Hispanic households, contributing to poorer access to healthcare for the latter groups with a high-deductible plan. (2/2)
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A recent article by @kross_epi et al. published in @FrontPubHealth describes how characteristics of a patient's geographical surroundings contribute to inequities in organ transplantation: bit.ly/3ZVJzKM (1/2)
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The authors highlight how traditional indices of social deprivation, such as neighborhood effects as a proxy for patient SES, are historically problematic -- & instead argue for "focusing on integral measures that may mediate associations between these indices & health outcomes."
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