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Advancing Health and Opportunity in South Texas
THI
Historically, border areas have been neglected in many, if not all, aspects of health care and public health. Members of the THI leadership team and active Hidalgo County community leaders recently conducted a series of meetings to help foster the connections and infrastructure necessary to create the systems and environments that advance health and opportunity for all. Read more from Sandy Tovar, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, AE-C, THI executive board member, on our blog.
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.HEALTH EQUITY SPOTLIGHT
Researchers highlight crisis in dental care for people with severe mental illness
EurekAlert!
People with severe mental illnesses are falling through the cracks when it comes to oral health care, according to new research.
The study explores the reasons why people with severe mental illness — such as Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder — struggle to maintain good oral health and access dental care, leaving them three times more likely than the general population to lose all their teeth.
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Leapfrog says these hospitals are North Texas' safest right now
D Magazine
There is no shortage of hospital recognitions, certifications, or awards, but when it comes to employers, they are primarily concerned with one thing: safety. The Leapfrog Group represents hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of healthcare and has released the Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for North Texas hospitals.
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City of Texarkana, Texas to conduct health disparities survey
KTBS
The City of Texarkana, Texas is asking for the community's participation in a study over disparities in healthcare.
The Texarkana - Bowie County Family Health Center recently received a state grant to distribute a survey that takes a closer look at how people weathered the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Looming end of federal pandemic emergency threatens to shake Texas' Medicaid safety net, advocates say
The Texas Tribune
At the start of the pandemic, when family earners lost their jobs and access to health care, the federal government relaxed Medicaid rules to allow more people to stay on the national health insurance program.
But now, as many as 1.3 million Texans, mainly children, could start losing their government health coverage when the federally declared pandemic emergency ends, expected by the end of this year — touching off concerns that Texas’ understaffed safety net system is woefully unprepared for them.
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South Texas migrant center 'at capacity,' struggling to meet demands
WVNS
Inside the only migrant shelter in this remote South Texas border town, asylum-seekers are crammed arm to arm on picnic tables, colorful undersized children’s plastic chairs and donated wooden church pews waiting for transportation and other help.
The Mission Border Hope warehouse-style facility is noisy. The concrete floors are bare.
Information is posted on one wall-sized billboard with dos and dont's in America.
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Disclaimer: Texas Health Voice is intended to provide the top stories for the week on health equity, public health infrastructure, systems change, social determinants of health, innovation, and more. The news brief content does not reflect the official position or views of THI or imply endorsement, promotion of, or agreement with a particular article or viewpoint.
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