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If we want to address mental health we need to dig deeper. By @alyseruriani
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #discrimination #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

Privilege is when you think something is not a problem because it's not a problem to you personally.
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

If you are not talking about mental health intersectionality, you are not talking about mental health.
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #discrimination #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

July is bipoc mental health month.
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

I don't know how to convince you to care about other people
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #discrimination #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc #compassion #kindness #empathy #communitycare

No, Mom. They're revolting against an oppressive government that is trying to remove their civil rights. By Sara Zimmerman
#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

If you say you love freedom, but don't care if it applies to everyone, then what you really love is privilege.

#intersectional #intersectionalitymatters #mentalhealth #socialjustice #humanrights #socialdeterminantsofhealth #equity #discrimination #stigma #mentalhealthmatters #ymhc

Feeling sad and depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism.

#MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #SocialJustice #Intersectional #MentalHealthAwareness #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #YMHC

There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

By Audre Lorde

#Intersectional #IntersectionalityMatters #SocialJustice #Equity #MentalHealth #HumanRights #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #YMHC

Canada is always held up as being considerably better than the United States as far as racism goes*.

And while there are definitely little pockets where you can mostly not be irritated by racist assholes daily, the systemic issues are still the systemic issues.

This week, a report came out from the Black Women’s Institute for Health and Street Voices about the state of Black women's health in Canada.

https://bwhealthinstitute.com/voices-unheard/

There is an executive summary of sorts available at this link:

https://www.streetvoices.ca/news/voices-unheard-a-historic-report-reveals-the-urgent-state-of-black-womens-health-in-canada-977

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For the first time in Canadian history, nearly 2,000 Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people have come together to share their lived experiences navigating the health system — and what they expose is a national crisis that can no longer be ignored.
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I'd wager that it WILL, in fact, continue to be ignored, much like the Ontario Human Rights Commission's most recent report on anti-Black racism in the Toronto Police Service is the umpteenth report on anti-Black racism in the Toronto Police Service.
And it never actually goes away.

Canada is functionally two mining companies and a bank in a trench coat whose population likes to tell itself fairy tales about Its place in the world. Anything that undermines the collective state of suspended disbelief is touted as "anti-Canadian" or "racist against white people".

Which, I guess, means that reality itself is "racist against white people".

The PDF of the report itself is available here:
https://bwhealthinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Voices-Unheard-Healthcare-Barriers-and-the-Lived-Experinces-of-Black-Women-in-Canada.pdf
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* I have not stepped foot in the US in well over a decade as my personal boycott, but I do recall distinctly commenting that crossing that border was like getting in a fucking time machine and going the wrong way. But it's really just comparing a dumpster fire to a forest fire.
Neither is desirable.

#racism #AntiBlackRacism #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Canada #canpol #canpoli #Toronto

"Wealth-based eugenics is a quiet algorithm: it doesn’t kill; it sorts.
The unsorted don’t survive the wait. The ledger calls it efficiency." The Aberration Hypothesis - 2026 - L. Nault

#WealthBasedEugenics #HealthCare #DisabilityJustice #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Austerity

I watched this video and found it FASCINATING!! #ReligionForBreakfast is truly one of the best channels out there
youtu.be/X9dQLccJoWE
#allergies #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Amish

Zero-Sum Thinking, Major Roadblock to Achieving Optimal US Population Health

New Nature Medicine paper details how health inequities harm everyone, counters 4 fallacies of zero-sum health thinking, urges…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Health #healthinequities #healthoutcomes #healthcarereform #populationhealth #socialdeterminantsofhealth
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/101837/

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) Expands Rural Care with $7M in Maternal Health Grants

We recently compiled a list of 10 Most Undervalued Healthcare Stocks to Buy According to Analysts. It is…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #AndrewWitty #CherokeeHealthSystems #Health #healthinsurer #Optum #preventivecare #socialdeterminantsofhealth #StephenJ.Hemsley #transformingcaredelivery
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/39074/

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STAT+: Trump to end federal funding of certain non-medical services in Medicaid
#TrumpAdministration #HousingNutritionSupport #FederalFundingCut #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #NonMedicalServices
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/trump-ends-federal-funding-some-non-medical-services-in-medicaid/?utm_campaign=rss

STAT · Trump to end federal funding of certain non-medical services in Medicaid
The services are often aimed at improving housing and nutrition for people in the Medicaid program.

https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/114321462695005356

Something for the Americans:

Class-action lawsuit linking hair straightening chemicals with ovarian and uterine ailments.

Please share widely.

https://joinclassactions.com/class_actions/hair-straightener-chemicals/

Another reason why not letting Black people wear natural hair styles is deeply, DEEPLY problematic.

White people think racism is about hurt feelings, when it's really about HEALTH and LONGEVITY.

And I say this as someone who straightens her hair 3x a year, so absolutely know the response I get during that fourth month when my hair is getting pretty "out of control".

#BlackWomen #NaturalHair #BlackHair #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth

Laws that prevent discrimination related to sexual orientation can play an important role in improving maternal health among White women in general and Black lesbian and bisexual women in particular.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36399611

#WomensHealth #MaternalHealth #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #HealthEquity #SDoH #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth
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