Aggressive Policing as a Public Health Issue
PAs, NPs, and other medical providers need to assess the health impact of high-impact policing on their patients and to advocate for change.
Health Disparities
Racism as a Chronic Disease: We Are All Affected
Since the inception of Western medicine, there has been an effort to identify genes specific to certain races that would explain why minority populations, including Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), have higher disease burden than White populations. Jim Anderson addresses what role racism has had in creating this implicit bias.
Racial Differences Seen in Inherited Risk of Early-Onset Cancer
Higher familial risks for early-onset cancer seen in Latino, Black patients for solid tumors and in Asian/Pacific Islander patients for hematologic cancers
Lung Cancer Screening Project Improves Testing in North Carolina County
A practice improvement project increased lung cancer screening rates among eligible Medicaid recipients in a rural primary care practice in North Carolina.
PA Joins Community Members to Address Food Insecurity
PA works with community members to build a community garden in a food desert to address food injustice.
Risky Sexual Behavior Linked to PrEP Use in the NYC LGBTQ Community
Patients on PrEP are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than patients not on PrEP, this is also true for members of the LGBTQ community in NYC.
Transgender Community Faces Unique Barriers to Primary Care Access
Transgender individuals noted transphobia, discrimination, fear of stigma, fear of not being accepted, or fear of being outed as barriers to health care.
Sexist, Racial Microaggressions Against Surgeons Are Prevalent
Sexist and racial/ethnic microaggressions against female and minority surgeons and anesthesiologists are prevalent and linked to burnout.
Socioeconomic Deprivation Linked to Worse Survival in Cancer Trials
High area-level socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse survival for patients with cancer enrolled in clinical trials.
Black Infant Mortality Gap Decreases When Black Physicians Provide Care
Excess Black infant mortality gap is halved when Black newborns are cared for by a physician of the same race vs a White physician.
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