Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Google receives 1 billion searches for health information a day. People are searching online for their health information but where do they go from their searches? What websites are reliable? Once you get the information, how do you check for credibility? Everyone can experience low health literacy – the ability to understand information about […]
Community Health During COVID-19 with the People’s Response Netw...
As with many things, the pandemic has revealed preexisting cracks in our healthcare system, which is failing Black, Latinx, and Native communities, who are disproportionately vulnerable to the virus. Today on the show, Allen is joined by Dr. Howard Ehrman and Paul Siegel of the People’s Response Network in Chicago to talk about community-based responses […]
Tuesday Buzz 4/28/2020 – Dr Jasmine Zapata and Jessica Williams
Damita Brown talks with… Dr Jasmine Zapata, pediatrician, author, and preventative health expert from UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health talking about Covid-19, it’s impact on our community and other Madison community health issues. Jessica Williams from Freedom, Inc talking about the Movement for Black Lives, Free The 350, policy change, and more on […]
Maternal and Child Health Disparities
We would like to extend our public health information campaign to reach communities, families, and providers to engage them in conversations about racial heath disparities, particularity those in maternal and child health, in Wisconsin. Health Equity and Health Disparities are at the core of our community-based work. More specifically, black infant and maternal mortality are […]
