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Preventing Premature Birth Disparities
How nurses can address the growing crisis of high preterm birth rates in minority women and help give infants of all colors an equal chance for a healthy start in life
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Body and Soul
For a dedicated group of parish nurses in Mississippi, educating communities of color about health promotion and disease prevention isn’t a job—it’s a spiritual calling
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Students on a Mission
A class trip to Southeast Asia gives a diverse group of FNP students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of global health care challenges while helping the underserved.
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Touching Hearts
African American women have a disproportionately high rate of heart disease, yet many of them are unaware that they’re at risk. By reaching out to black communities where the need is greatest, nurses can increase awareness and empower vulnerable women to reduce their risk.
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Cultural Proficiency the Answer to Mental Health Disparities, Surgeon General Reports
America’s racial and ethnic minority groups face major disparities when it comes to accessing quality mental health services, according to a recent report by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher.
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Toxic Avengers
For years, disadvantaged neighborhoods have been unfairly singled out as targets for corporate polluting. Now minority environmental health nurses are helping these communities fight back.
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Hispanic Health Information Is Just a Phone Call Away
Hispanics continue to face substantial health disparities, including underinsurance, a lack of linguistically and culturally competent health care providers, and disproportionately high rates of serious chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, cancer and HIV/AIDS.
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Tribes Know Best
To provide effective health care to Indian populations, nurses must understand the complexities of tribal governance
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A Harvest of Hope
Meet five Hispanic nurses who are making a difference in improving the quality of health care for migrant farm workers
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Senior Citizens At Risk for Untreated Asthma
Many elderly people have moderate or severe asthma that has been underdiagnosed or undertreated, according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins University.
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Taking the Initiative
By breaking down cultural barriers to health care and providing preventive education, nurses of color are helping to close minority health disparity gaps one patient at a time.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Rural Minority Health (But Couldn’t Find Information On)
When it comes to accessibility and quality of health care, people of color who live in remote rural areas are one of the most severely underserved populations in America.
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Serving Where the Need Is Greatest
A nursing career in the U.S. Public Health Service offers unlimited opportunities to serve your country while providing care to underserved populations around the world
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Speakers Kit Promotes Lung Health in Minorities
As lung disease-related deaths continue to rise in the United States, so do the number of racial and ethnic minorities affected by this serious health problem—a number that is disproportionately higher than for non-minorities. To help nurses and other health professionals educate African-American, Hispanic and other minority communities about the importance of lung health, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has developed an online speakers kit that can be downloaded from the ACCP’s Web site at www.chestnet.org/minorities.
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Bringing Equal Health Outcomes within REACH
From Cambodian communities in New England to Indian tribes in Oklahoma, the REACH 2010 program is helping nurses make a major difference in improving the health of underserved populations.
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Careers in the Indian Health Service
Whether you’re a Native American nurse who wants to improve the health of your people or any minority nurse who wants to make a difference helping underserved communities, the IHS
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Majoring in Minority Health
Not so long ago, topics like minority health disparities and serving the needs of diverse patient populations were rarely taught in nursing classrooms. Today, a growing number of nursing schools are not only incorporating minority health into their curricula, they’re building whole degree programs around it.
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