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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hung is assistant professor of health services policy and management in the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Arnold School of Public Health. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU institution, does not have a bachelor’s degree program in public health, it has other programs directly related to public health issues. With health services management they can work as managers in hospitals and in enhancing healthcare access.

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Fairview plans end to current partnership with University of Minnesota

University Business

Fairview Health Services notified the University of Minnesota on Monday that it does not plan to extend its current partnership. The two organizations have partnered as M Health Fairview since 2018. It’s a large string of hospitals and clinics in the state — and a major source of funding for the university’s medical school.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They give voice to limited English proficient individuals during some of their most vulnerable moments—whether it’s a medical appointment, a court proceeding, or accessing educational and social services.” Teneo Linguistics Company, the Agape Clinic and Dallas Children’s Hospital.

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Take It From Me….You need a Health Plan

College Forward

Take It From Me…You need health insurance (or at least a viable plan just in case you get sick, injured, or have other health-related issues arise) With everything that happens at the end of the year, one of the most important things for you to do is make sure you’re fully covered by medical, dental, and vision insurance for the next year.

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Counseling centers triage students by mental health needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Triaging Students The principle behind such screening processes is much the same as triage in a hospital emergency room, where medical professionals assess the nature and urgency of a patient’s needs.

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UC Riverside's new policing model includes safety officers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“If we have a student who has a mental health crisis and they need to go to the hospital, they don’t have to ride in the police car. “I would argue that college-aged people represent a large portion of those who struggle with various mental health needs. In Eugene, Ore., Other cities, including Oakland, Calif.,