Tag Archives: minorities

Nursing Homes for People of Color:
Still Segregated, Still Unequal

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Laura Newman

If Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive today, he would be 86. If he was like many elderly black Americans, he might well end up in a nursing home ranked lower in quality and with less well-trained nursing staff than … Continue reading →

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Health Disparities and Behavior Change:
A Plea to Stop the Attack Ads

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Laura Newman

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene takes on a poor, white, single-mom, smoker in a harsh black-and-white tv spot. An off-camera announcer essentially tells her to quit smoking or risk leaving her children without a parent. That’s the … Continue reading →

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LGBT Healthcare: Out of the Closet in New York

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Laura Newman

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqH6GU6TrzI[/youtube] Credit: To Treat Me, You Have to Know Who I am, National LGBT Cancer Network, NY LGBT healthcare took a giant step forwards in New York City last week, with the announcement that New York City’s Health and Hospitals … Continue reading →

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