Advancing Equitable Cardiovascular Care for Patients With Heart Failure Through Innovation and Multidisciplinary Team-Based Care

May 22, 2024

Patients with chronic heart failure experience a significant disease burden and are often faced with navigating a complex health care system, in addition to bearing the added burden of adverse social determinants of health (SDoH). It is well known that SDoH accounts for determining 80% of health outcomes1 and that identifying and addressing SDoH improves health outcomes for patients with heart failure.

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100966

Multidomain and multilevel strategies to improve equity in maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: perspectives of health managers and policymakers.

May 22, 2024

Resham B Khatri, Yibeltal Assefa, Jo Durham

J Equity Health. 2023 May 26;22(1):105. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01905-7.

BMHC24 scholarships! Attend virtually or in-person!

May 22, 2024

Scholarship Opportunities Now Available! Application Closes June 2, 2024

Strategies to Promote Maternal Health Equity: The Role of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

May 21, 2024

Audra R Meadows, Renée Byfield, Debra Bingham, Hafsatou Diop

Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 1;142(4):821-830. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005347. Epub 2023 Sep 7.

Developing next generation of diverse health care professionals at HBCU/HSI Scholars Symposium

May 20, 2024

The Quest Diagnostics Foundation continues support of the American Heart Association’s Scholars programs with renewed investment to increase diversity in health care workforce and expand mentorship, research opportunities

https://newsroom.heart.org/news/developing-next-generation-of-diverse-health-care-professionals-at-hbcu-hsi-scholars-symposium

Postpartum Systems of Care Recommendations

May 16, 2024

🌟 Excited to share some progress in maternal health via the work I’ve been honored to be apart of with a group convened by the @American_Heart, focusing on postpartum care recommendations to target cardiovascular disease risk.

ACOG: Call for Applications

May 16, 2024

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accepting applications for the inaugural Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey (LAB) Editorial Mentorship Program, Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Celebrating #WomensHealthWeek with a look back to the early 2000s, when Dr. Mona Fouad & Edward E. Partridge began work to fight breast and cervical cancer disparities.

May 16, 2024

Black Women & Cancer: The New 30-Year Study Launched to Change the Game For a Devastating Situation — And How Women Can Help Themselves Now

May 15, 2024