In the face of this major setback in reproductive justice, we must also continue to fight to improve the underlying systems that make it both challenging and dangerous to deliver and raise children in the U.S., whether these children are planned or the product of forced birth.
In September 2021, Health Leads conducted a workshop at the Community Information Exchange (CIE) Summit to explore the current state of the technology-driven approaches for social determinants of health (SDOH) interventions. Workshop participants discussed and visualized how current approaches to SDOH interventions both obstruct and promote anti-racism and equity advancement, and reflected on whether their organizations’ SDOH interventions facilitate liberation for oppressed communities.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, host Ashlei A. Rodgers, MPH interviews Venus Ginés, CEO/founder of Día de la Mujer Latina y Su Familia. Hear ...
Leveraging CIE for Public Health Needs and Response explores the current state of public health data infrastructure and how the CIE model can inspire public health to adopt a more community-driven approach to data infrastructure that supports cross-sector information sharing and is truly responsive to community needs. Like many sectors that operate within systems that have perpetuated or exacerbated racial inequities, public health is reckoning with ways to better gather and interpret data to actively address structural barriers to health.
When it comes to addressing food insecurity, meaningful involvement and decision-making by community members, including those most affected by food access challenges, is often overlooked. ...
Collaboration between community-based organizations (CBOs) and immunization managers at state and local health departments has been critical to COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Immunization managers have been ...
