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CBC Sounds off on Passage of Health Reform

You certainly can't talk about the future of minority health without discussing the implications of this historic legislation: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Men in Nursing School--Setting the Record Straight

In Winter 2010 we interviewed six gender minority nursing students and one recent graduate about whether or not they have encountered any gender bias from female instructors and classmates...

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Preventing Premature Birth Disparities--A Reader Responds

In Fall 2009, we published "Preventing Premature Birth Disparities," an article examining the growing crisis of high preterm birth rates in women of color...

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Worth 1,000 Words

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New Year, New Resources

What better way to start 2010 than by resolving to stock your nursing toolbox with a new supply of resources for improving the health of culturally diverse patients and communities

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Want to Help Fight AIDS in the Black Community? Play Bid Whist!

The Black AIDS Institute unveils the latest weapon in its war against HIV/AIDS disparities: the 2010 Trump AIDS National Bid Whist Tournament.

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Minority Health for $200, Alex!

Are you a nursing educator who's looking for an interactive, engaging way to introduce your students to the issue of minority health disparities? Try the "virtual game show" So You Think You Know Minority Health?

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Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) Names First Male President-Elect

Dr. Philip Xu will become the first man to lead AAPINA in 2012; occupational health nursing expert Dr. Oisaeng Hong begins her term as 2010-12 president on January 1.

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“Culture and Autism”—A Reader Responds

In response to the Spring 2009 Second Opinion column written by Estela Dimes, BSN, RN, we received this letter from Zenora Thompson, MSN, RN, an instructor in the nursing program at Kent State University's Ashtabula Campus in Ashtabula, Ohio, and the mother of a 22-year-old with autism

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New Co-Pay Assistance Program Helps Fight Blood Cancer Disparities

Because blood cancer medicines are expensive, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has launched a new program to help myeloma patients who are having trouble affording their prescriptions

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