#healthcareequity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #healthcareequity, aggregated by home.social.
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Caregivers are the hidden patients of our healthcare system. Supporting their mental, physical, and financial health isn’t optional — it’s essential for sustainable care. 💙
#CaregiverSupport #HiddenPatients #Telehealth #MentalHealth #HealthcareEquity -
In November, #RFKJr, now the federal #health secretary, said that the #Trump administration would “advise all U.S. water systems to remove #fluoride from public water” because of potential health risks. Anti-fluoridation bills have also been introduced in NorthDakota, Tennessee & Montana.
#HealthcareEquity #science #OralHealth #PublicHealth #USpol #law #Utah #ConspiracyTheories
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The #law, which was signed by #Republican Gov #SpencerCox on March 27 & will go into effect on May 7, comes amid renewed scrutiny of #fluoride, a mineral that has been widely added to US #DrinkingWater since 1945 to prevent cavities. Controversy over the safety of water fluoridation has intensified in recent years, driven in part by #ConspiracyTheories & by growing resistance to #PublicHealth interventions since the #pandemic.
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#Utah has become the first #US state to #outlaw the addition of #fluoride to public #DrinkingWater.
#Medical experts warn the move could have serious consequences for #OralHealth particularly among children & economically disadvantaged communities.
#law #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #HealthcareEquity #science #health #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/utah-fluoride-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=3AB04B09-D8D4-40D6-8817-81B6E4E5D479 -
⚠️ 46% of needed care denied.
An AI healthcare system once deprived Black patients of critical care due to biased metrics.
🤖 Can AI truly serve everyone fairly? Discover how we can build systems that are equitable and ethical.
🌐 Read the full article:
https://blueheadline.com/need-to-know/ai-bias-healthcare-black-patients/💬 What’s your take?
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James Balmford, Presbyterian elder, tells how to act during a plague. He condemns those who wont stay inside. Staying inside for a noble reason makes one “God’s prisoner”. The thoughtless wail that it’s a “death” to be out of company, happier to endanger a thousand lives, than to lose any pleasure or profit.
Ever meet anyone like this?
How can you be one of God’s prisoners? To forgo pleasure and profit to help others?
#christian #jesusisawesome #healthcareequity #repentnow #keepGodfirst
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Accessible reproductive health care a challenge in Ontario
‘One in eight pregnant people in Ontario has a disability, but many face barriers to accessible care and disrespect from health-care providers, a new report published Tuesday says.
People with disabilities have been overlooked in reproductive health care partly because of false societal assumptions that they aren't sexual and won't have children, Hilary Brown, lead author of the report and an adjunct scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, said in an interview.’
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pregnancy-disability-1.7217264
#Accessibility #a11y #AccessibleHealthCare #AccessibleReproductiveCare #HealthCareEquity