Remove Health Insurance Remove Health Outcomes Remove Hospitals Remove World Health
article thumbnail

Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas

Bill of Health

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

article thumbnail

Convenient Scapegoat: Why Hesitancy is Not the Cause of Low Vaccination Rates in Africa

HIT Consultant

The World Health Organization estimates that in the majority of African countries, there is one hospital per one million people, one doctor per 10,000 people and one hospital bed per 10,000 people. Equitable and effective healthcare through partnerships.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years. This Health Affairs research published in 2015 made it clear that State spending on social health services builds citizens’ health beyond medical services.

article thumbnail

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Jane Sarashon

With more health care shopping via websites, Press Ganey wants us to know that consumers on average read 5.5 reviews before deciding, and people use three different websites in their health care research. These sources are more likely to be search engines than insurance sites, hospital sites, or pharma sites.