AAMC Center for Health Justice

It’s National Black Men Physicians Day! Founded by The Coalition of Black Men Physicians, today brings awareness to the need for increased diversity in the health care workforce & the health inequities that exist in #medicine. The AAMC is committed to increasing the diversity of #medicalschool applicants and matriculants. We partnered with National Medical Association to create the #ActionCollab4BlackMenInMed to increase the representation & success of Black men interested in medicine. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Ssn650TlyVZ

The AAMC Center for Health Justice is committed to amplifying the voices of all communities and sharing their insights for environmental justice action. We’ve chosen five diverse organizations from across the U.S. to tell their stories about environmental injustice where they live and how they have worked with their communities to create a healthier, more just environment. Through their stories, others can learn from their experience.?The selected organizations are the Amanecer People’s Project, Ramapough Lenape Turtle Clan-NYU Health Action Alliance, Casa Familiar, Estelita's Library Solidarity House Project, and the University of Notre Dame and the Braiding Seeds Fellowship/Soul Fire Farm. We’re excited to share their inspiring, multimedia stories in late 2024 and throughout 2025. Learn more: https://ow.ly/ntRU50T2nfO

August is Civic Health Month, which means it's the perfect time for a civic health “checkup!” Think about what opportunities for civic engagement look like in your community and check out these resources that we've gathered in partnership with #VoteER: https://ow.ly/Ja4R50SXkwG

Join Better Health Partnership on October 25 in Warrensville Hts, Ohio, for their 2024 Learning Collaborative! Featuring our own Philip M. Alberti as keynote speaker. Click the link below for more info and to register.

Did you know that Black women represent less than 7% of doctoral candidates in science and engineering and less than 9% of the STEM workforce? We need more Black women in the biomedical sciences. Julia S. Omotade, PhD, Sr. Science Policy Specialist at the AAMC, sheds light on the vital need for diversity in biomedical sciences and the unique challenges Black women face in this field. The AAMC's Black Women in Scientific Research (BWiSR) project amplifies the voices and experiences of Black women researchers in academic medicine, highlighting the importance of representation and diversity in driving scientific progress. ?? Omotade shares that scientific progress is not just about the 'what' but also the 'who'. Learn more from Omotade: https://ow.ly/QHxE50SIliv #DiversityInScience #BlackWomenInSTEM #BiomedicalScience

We worked with MedEdPORTAL to develop a Community Engagement for Health Equity Education Collection to equip educators and institutions with curricular innovations to promote community-engaged scholarship in medical education. The collection is designed to unify collaborators committed to augmenting medical education's role in improving communities' health. These published, peer-reviewed educational resources were developed, implemented, and refined at one or more institutions and can be replicated or adapted for use at other institutions. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more: https://ow.ly/TQ1j50SKstp

We conducted a poll with a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults that focuses, in part, on gauging their perspectives on climate change, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to address it. Some key findings: ? Most U.S. adults believe that climate change is a problem, that it will impact them and their families within their lifetime, and that the federal government is most responsible for reducing its impacts. ? Hispanic and Black adults express significantly higher concern about impacts on them and their families, compared with white adults, while adults in the Northeast and West are notably more concerned than are those in other regions. ? Eighty-five percent of the 14- to 17-year-olds in our youth sample expressed being “somewhat” or “very” worried about climate change. Learn more in our latest brief: https://ow.ly/gjaC50SIxm0

“Who’s in CHARGE?” spotlights a member of the AAMC Collaborative for Health equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE), a forum for investigators, clinicians, and community partners who design and implement research and policies that eliminate health and health care inequities. Meet this month's spotlight: Jamela M. Martin, PhD, RN, associate professor and department chair of nursing and allied health at Norfolk State University, and AAMC CHARGE virtual community ambassador. https://ow.ly/jYUf50SGolA

#ICYMI

#ICYMI, we’ve launched the Health Equity Inventory, a powerful tool to help organizations coordinate their #healthequity efforts. Join the conversation and share your thoughts on this important initiative. #HealthEquity #AAMC #HealthJustice #CommunityEngagement https://ow.ly/cswC50Si7Hv