Our Race to Health Equity

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Voices From the Front Line
Mother-Daughter Promotoras On a Mission to Empower Their Community One Person at a Time
As trusted community members, promotoras—community health workers in Spanish speaking communities—are uniquely effective in immigrant communities because of their ability to establish meaningful relationships based on shared experiences, mutual respect and deep empathy.
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Reflecting the Complexity of Change in Social Impact Reporting
In a context filled with volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity, we recognize that change cannot be measured through a single metric alone but with meaningful indicators and right-sized approaches to help us gain a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the Center’s impact in the world.
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Outreach Director Uses Deep Ties to Her Latin American Community to Advance Public Health
Promotoras (community health workers) don’t just educate their communities about health, they also enlighten the health sector about the needs of those communities.
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Developing a Culturally Sensitive Mental Healthcare Model for Communities in the UK Affected by Youth Violence
Reducing the barriers preventing Black and Brown people in the UK from accessing mental health services by engaging the community and drawing on the experiences and views of young people, their families and the health professionals who work alongside them.
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Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Australia to Lead Healthcare in their Communities
Advancing health equity by focusing on the health worker gap in First Nations communities is a core pillar of Johnson & Johnson Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan.
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Providing Culturally-Informed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for Indigenous Families
Improving birth outcomes in Indigenous communities by bringing back the knowledge, skills and leadership of Indigenous midwives.
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Aspen Ideas: Health 2022 Conference Reflection
Recently, I had the privilege of attending Aspen Ideas: Health 2022 Conference. Together with health workers and entrepreneurs, we celebrated the power of big ideas and elevated those leading the way to develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing health challenges.
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Working to Increase the Number of Midwives—Especially “Melanated” Midwives—Across All Communities in the U.S.
Shortages of maternity care have reached critical levels in the U.S., yet midwives only attend around 10% of births. And only 8% of midwives in practice in the U.S. are midwives of color.
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Unmasked: Profiles in Humanity & Resiliency - Paolo Glaude, RN, Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
With support from Johnson & Johnson Foundation, National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) produced a series of video profiles of Black nurses sharing authentic stories of what being resilient means to them.
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The Front Line Knows How to Deliver Health For All. Let’s Listen.
Those closest to health challenges must play a central role in solutions. Building resilient, equitable health systems will require that frontline expertise and leadership are adequately valued by decision-makers.
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