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Race and Health Equity Resources
National Health Alliance Resources on Health, Race and Equity
The National alliance put together a number of resources for employers including webinars, current event articles, journal articles and toolkits.
Equity in the Center (EiC) works to shift mindsets, practices and systems in the social sector to center race equity and build a Race Equity Culture. One of the resources EiC put together includes Awake to Woke to Work Building a Race Equity Culture. It serves as a guide for employers to engage in race equity work.
This article from Employee Benefit Advisor, does a deep dive into employers, scrutinizing diversity efforts after national protesters demand change after the racial reckoning of 2020.
This Washington Post article discusses inequities in maternal mental health, mortality and morbidity and the impact the pandemic had on new black mothers.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is supporting clinical effectiveness research to further understand disparities, what they are, where they exist and how to overcome them.