Articles tagged as: health equity
April 18, 2024
Racial and ethnic disparities in Indiana’s health care system persist
A new report released Thursday shows racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care access, quality, and outcomes across the nation, including in Indiana.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2023
New program will bring healthy food to 1,000 Indianapolis families
A new partnership will provide boxes packed with healthy food for residents in neighborhoods that lack access.
Read MoreApril 24, 2023
Eskenazi Health’s $60 million campaign aims to improve health equity in Indianapolis
The initiative is a system-wide approach to addressing social determinants of health, which include factors that influence a person’s health like transportation, access to food or where a person lives.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2023
Language barriers limit health care access for Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities in the U.S.
A significant portion of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults in the U.S. have a hard time accessing health care and insurance coverage due to language barriers, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute.
Read MoreJuly 12, 2022
The Indiana Black Health Fair will offer thousands of dollars in free health services
The 2022 Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair will offer a range of free health services like blood work, breast exams, dental check-ups and childhood immunizations.
Read MoreJuly 5, 2022
To spur diversity in sports medicine, NFL teams will host med students from HBCUs
The program will invite medical students from historically Black colleges and universities to do clinical rotations with NFL teams.
Read MoreMarch 1, 2022
How have Indiana hospital leaders fostered health equity over the past year?
A year ago, the CEOs of Indiana's four largest hospital systems promised to address racism in health care. Hospital leaders shared updates on their progress at a virtual forum this week, hosted by the Greater Indianapolis NAACP and the Indianapolis Recorder.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022
IU med school receives record NIH funding for Alzheimer’s and other health research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $217 million to fund research at Indiana University School of Medicine in the current fiscal year. This will fund more research on Alzheimer's and community outreach projects.
Read MoreDecember 27, 2021
Year in review: COVID continues to unveil the many faces of health inequity
COVID has handed society the biggest natural experiment in health and economic equity and social scientists say the scorecard is far from stellar.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2021
He got into trouble as a teen. Now he coaches football to keep children off that path
People with higher education levels tend to live longer, healthier lives. But some African American kids in low-income communities are faced with many barriers that keep them from receiving the education they need. But one man at a majority black neighborhood in Indianapolis hopes football can help keep kids in school and out of trouble.
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