Isabelle Kusters

Public Health faculty. Social Determinants of Health, immigrant health, language services, access to care, health policy. 🇧🇪🇮🇷

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

Out today in JAMA Psychiatry- the impact of a rapid switch to virtual mental health care on veteran groups. Significant disparities between rural and urban pops, especially AI/AN veterans.
@janlindsayphd @AmyAmspoker_PhD @IQuEStHouston @vahsrd

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

Although rapid virtualization in response to the #COVID19 pandemic broadly increased video telehealth use, specific veteran groups, including American Indian/Alaska Native veterans in rural areas, may be at risk for access disparities. https://t.co/2q9ZbZDWS5

[University of Houston-Clear Lake @UHClearLake]

UHCL's very own Dr. Isabelle Kusters authored an article discussing rural-urban disparities that has been published in JAMA Psychiatry, part of the Journal of the @AmerMedicalAssn’s network. Click the link for the article. ➡️https://t.co/vafB2CdN0W #UHCLproud

[Roxy Pebdani @RoxyPebdani]

What influence will differences in access to research time and disparities in childcare burden have on academics in the future? How will we stop the pipeline from leaking, or careers from stagnating, if we don’t recognize the impact Covid has had on parents, particularly mothers?

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

"Well-intentioned policies tend not to benefit women as much or in the same ways as they do men." https://t.co/sL5KNeECOG

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

Proud to share this new publication: a timely and important (student-led!) project to inform training recommendations for improving quality of care. Great collaboration with Abigail Berk, @BecomingDrP, @DrMeganGregory

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

To health, happiness, and brighter days ahead #Nowruz

[Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. @kprather88]

Anyone trying to have in person meetings needs to understand #CovidIsNotOver just because you say it is. If you tell people, we will have no added layers of protection but you can just stay home if you aren't comfortable, you are excluding the vulnerable and disabled.

[BCM Ethics & Policy @BCMEthics]

NEW STUDY: Our Health Policy Scholar @DrIKusters, w/ our Sr. RA @_AMGutierrez & collabs review spanish-language COVID-19 website info vs info in English provided by health departments of the top 10 cities. Take a read: https://t.co/Ncvl395ucY

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

@_AMGutierrez @UHClearLake @BCMEthics

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

Our team's latest study, out today in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, examines #Spanish vs English-language differences in #COVID19 information by large local health departments.

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

https://t.co/KYzrP3qsl9

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

@aisha_dickerson Asparagus season! 😋🤤

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

Norooz mobarak! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and peaceful year ahead 🌷 #Nowruz #Norooz

[Health Communication @HCeditorialteam]

Latest Article
Assessment of COVID-19 Website Communication in Languages Other than English by Local Health Departments in the United States @DrIKusters @_AMGutierrez @BCMEthics @UHClearLake

https://t.co/hEhvcw60so

[BCM Ethics & Policy @BCMEthics]

New findings indicate a gap by local health departments to address issues re: equitable multilingual, multimodal #emergency #communication & underscore need from our HP Scholar @DrIKusters @UHClearLake & our RA @_AMGutierrez with collabs

https://t.co/YAvEQvc2zl

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

Our paper, out today, examines whether local #health departments are providing #equitable #COVID19 information to their limited English proficient constituents in their preferred language (https://t.co/ssJfdLsP1w)

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

@DrMeganGregory Is there an incentive for participating?

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

@RoxyPebdani

[Isabelle Kusters @DrIKusters]

@DrMeganGregory Dislike button.

[University of Houston-Clear Lake @UHClearLake]

.@UHCLHSH faculty are taking over NPR's @AcademicMinute Podcast to share their research contributions toward today's leading societal challenges. Listen to @DrIKusters today, & Drs. Desdamona Rios, Se-Hyoung Yi and @McBeester this week. #UHCL #ResearchHighlight #NPR #Podcast