Health equity initiative (#MOCequity) of Health Resources in Action seeking input about men's health in MA. Led by Mo Barbosa, Director of Community Engagement
@HRiAction - more evidence that place-based health equity initiatives are necessary.
Health Equity Not Just About Race – It’s Also About Place | Healthiest Communities | US News https://t.co/zP0h9JA0cY
Killings of black people lead to arrests less often than when victims are white - #NotMakingItUp - The lack of justice erodes the hopes and dreams of our communities https://t.co/qbCrWRuTTU
How Chicago Ticket Debt Sends Black Motorists Into Bankruptcy
" Eight of the 10 ZIP codes with the most accumulated ticket debt per adult are majority black", What happens when your city turns against you. https://t.co/bZFAlIifu9
Massachusetts has the lowest rate in the US of white men killed by gun homicides, the rate for black men in Massachusetts is 27 times higher. (0.63 white vs.16.84 black per 100,00) #NotMakingItUp
"The disparity in how black, white men die by guns" https://t.co/Ur7keO2gaD
Even for blacks getting care, there are deep disparities in combating HIV-AIDS - "fewer blacks received antiretroviral therapy prescriptions compared with other racial/ethnic groups, and more blacks did not have a suppressed viral load." #NotMakingItUp black young men fared worse https://t.co/5EXk2dddWq
Inequity in health through racial bias is present in the first contacts with healthcare. #NotMakingItUp Affecting black and brown boys especially and resulting in long term issues. https://t.co/U8BJqDxdZV
Black infants in the NICU receive less steroid therapy for lung development, aren’t given human breast milk as often, and develop more infections due to careless hospital handling than whites, Latinos, or Asians https://t.co/nJBgl9gDld
For every $100 in white family wealth, black families hold just $5.04. #NotMakingItUp "Whites Have Huge Wealth Edge Over Blacks (but Don’t Know It)" https://t.co/fZhagF4sJY via @UpshotNYT
Join the MOCHE Initiative at HOOPS n HEALTH in Cambrige Saturday, June 24th - health fair, free food, games, Zumba, Futsal, music @CambMA https://t.co/rC9O21WcvH