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New Ways to Support Community College Student Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Increasing colleges’ participation in and optimal use of Medicaid dollars to offset costs and generate recurring federal revenues can help remove healthcare access as a barrier to completion and build colleges’ capacity to sustain student health funding.

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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Compared to the average person living in urban areas, people in rural communities often suffer from more inadequate access to healthcare, experience lower quality of care, and have higher mortality risk, Hung said in an email. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My

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New England College Launches Community Mental Health Undergraduate Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New England College (NEC) is partnering with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to address workforce shortages in mental health services, the Concord Monitor reported. The school created a community mental health B.A.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. The pandemic has brought increased awareness of healthcare disparities. It includes an internship at a healthcare facility.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Faiz, an emergency medicine physician, assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, and health services researcher at the Greater Los Angeles Veteran’s Affairs Healthcare System. That doesn’t fix healthcare inequalities.”

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Addressing Massive Disproportionality in Youth Arrests Should Not Be Option

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By embedding mental health counseling within early intervention programs, underlying mental health issues can be identified and addressed, reducing the likelihood of negative coping mechanisms or engagement in illegal activities.

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

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Between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, bachelor’s-level health care administration programs grew by 9.41%, in part to meet rising employer demand for health care administration professionals. Notably, no profiled program advertised accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).