US Childhood Poverty Rate Increases & Vaccine Rollouts #HealthEquityMonday9

Hosts: Jasmine Leonard, MPH & Omari Richins, MPH

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Highlights from this episode:

– Vaccine Rollouts
– Childhood poverty more than doubled from its 2021 low

Links from Episode 3 of Health Equity Mondays

In this month’s episode of Health Equity Mondays (HEM), with co-hosts Jasmine Leonard aka Health Equity Jazz, MPH and Omari Richins, MPH, we talk about:

– Vaccine Rollouts
– Childhood poverty more than doubled from its 2021 low

Health Equity Jazz Newsletter: https://www.healthequityjazz.beehiiv.com
The Public Health Millennial Email Blast: https://thephmillennial.com/signup/

Vaccine Rollout Updates & Snags
– NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/11/1198719166/new-covid-vaccines-get-fda-approval
– KFF: https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/
– CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2023/202305.htm#:~:text=8.4%25%20or%2027.6%20million%20Americans,or%2033.2%20million%20in%202019.
– Politco: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/a-bumpy-rollout-of-covid-19-shot-on-the-commercial-market-00117703
– NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/well/covid-vaccine-booster-insurance.html

Childhood Poverty Rates Double from 2021 Low
– NPR: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198923453/child-poverty-child-tax-credi-pandemic-aid-census-data
– American Progress: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/basic-facts-children-poverty/
 ChildTrends: https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-ways-poverty-harms-children

Health Equity in Action (Physician to Nurse Practitioner ratio)
– Health Affairs: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/decade-data-update-primary-care-and-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-and-physician

HEJ Links:
HEM: https://www.healthequityjazz.com/HEM
Merch: https://www.healthequityjazz.com/merch
IG: https://www.instagram.com/healthequityjazz
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/healthequitypro
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedIn.com/in/healthequityjazz   

The Public Health Millennial on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thephmillennial/
Omari on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omari-richins-mph/
Omari on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephmillennial/

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