By: Alyssa Greenhouse 7/29/19 Gilroy, CA 3 dead, 16 injured 8/3/19 El Paso, TX 20 dead, 26 injured 8/4/19 Dayton, Ohio 9 dead, 27 injured This country is no stranger to gun violence. If you turn on the news, there […]
By Stephen Gurley xpansion of healthcare-coverage to Georgia’s uninsured population was the most talked-about issue debated during the 2018 gubernatorial election cycle, for good reason. Georgia currently has the fourth worst uninsured rate in the country, with up to 480,000 adult Georgians stuck […]
This month’s Link Round-up includes several articles about the initial progress made on the Patients First Act. This Act was passed by the GA legislature this spring as an effort to explore options to expand health insurance coverage using “waivers” […]
NPR Shots published an interview this week with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about her research on ACEs. The article includes an interactive ACEs quiz. If you want to learn more about how you can get involved with addressing ACEs and […]
Our Cut Hypertension program reached a new milestone this weekend with our launch of a new site. Cut Hypertension will now be sending volunteers to The SWAG Shop to provide hypertension screenings and education to the clients there. Over 35 […]
This week, our GSU Chapter hosted a Cut Hypertension training session. Attendees learned about the Cut Hypertension program, received training on how to measure blood pressures, and learned tips for educating about hypertension prevention. Learn more about our Cut Hypertension […]
As a semi-regular feature of our blog, the “Link Round-up” will be a smattering of recent articles on topics relevant to our readers. There are far too many wonderful reads out there for us to include in these posts, but […]
As we work to revive the H-STAT blog, we would love to represent the diversity of voices of our members. Some ideas for the types of content we’re looking for includes: a description of what it’s like to participate in […]
Week of Action for the Underinsured: Get Involved
Week of Action for the Underinsured: Medicaid Expansion
