Patient Safety Latinx Health Care: Lost in Translation Covering racism, health disparities in the headlines COVID-19’s disproportionate effect on blacks tracks hospital safety disparities in many communities After 11-year battle to survive medical errors, ‘star’ of patient safety documentary dies Diverse perspectives on patient safety Cycle of Poverty Hard to Break Across Generations of...
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Latinx Health Care: Lost in Translation
By Lizeth Vela and Samantha Rosengard, Urban Health Media Project “Cuídate, cuídate, por favor, abuelita; yo puedo ayudarle,” Alicia Cole told the elderly woman in the hospital bed next to her. “Be careful, please, grandma; I can help you.” Cole was in a California hospital recovering from surgical complications and the woman sharing her...
Covering racism, health disparities in the headlines
Students learn about reporting on structural racism and health By Jayne O'Donnell August 30, 2020 Like the protests around the country, the Urban Health Media Project zeroed in on racial discrimination this summer. We held a series of eight workshops with nine students from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, California and Massachusetts. They heard from...
COVID-19’s disproportionate effect on blacks tracks hospital safety disparities in many communities
COVID-19's disproportionate effect on blacks tracks hospital safety disparities in many communities By Rhea Warren, Sierra Lewter, and Madeleine Voth May 30, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has put racial disparities in health and health care in stark focus. African American patients with COVID-19 were 2.7 times more likely than Non-Hispanic white COVID-19...
After 11-year battle to survive medical errors, ‘star’ of patient safety documentary dies
After 11-year battle to survive medical errors, 'star' of patient safety documentary dies By Jayne O'Donnell Feb. 11, 2020 The producer and director of an HBO documentary about his mother's medical errors at a Milwaukee hospital went to Capitol Hill last week to show clips of the film. Three nights later, Steve Burrows' mother, Judie, died at...
Diverse perspectives on patient safety
December 2019 Sierra Lewter is a UHMP Alum and intern. She is currently a junior at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. ...
Cycle of Poverty Hard to Break Across Generations of Families
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, is shown being interviewed by UHMP intern and New York University freshman Sierra Lewter. (Photos: By Antonio Hardy)After growing up in foster care, Chanel Feyh, 41, had built an amazing life in New York City. An apartment and her own business. Then she...