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Gen X Faces Heightened Cancer Risk

NonProfit Quarterly

Generational Cancer Risk According to Race/Ethnicity The increased rates of cancer among Gen X also reflect general disparities in cancer diagnoses by race and ethnicity. The Connect study is recruiting 200,000 people between 30 and 70 years old who have no personal history with invasive cancer.

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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: dragana991 on istock.com Physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers are integral to the functioning of the healthcare system. The lack of racial and ethnic diversity within the physician workforce is unlikely to be resolved soon following the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Fortunately, in recent years, some nonprofits have successfully diversified their boards, recruiting members with lived experiences that align with the communities being served by paying attention to demographics such as age, race, socioeconomic status, education, religion, disability, and diversity in thought and professional experience.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

The long-term goal is that this declines as each new generation advances, but as we have seen in recent years, these deep rooted social ethnic divides are ingrained in western societies and hardwired into how our cultures function. They all present experiences which we — by no fault of our own — may find hard to comprehend.

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Equity in The Balance: Catalyst Winners On DEI Tools To Change Work Culture

Fundraising Leadership

healthcare workforce was “about 75% women, the company’s C-suite was about 62% men in 2016.” The recruitment strategy, Holder says, includes “internal intentionality and, increased accountability” to reflect the mission, vision and value. We are looking at the experiences of marginalized racial and ethnic groups,” Ohm says.

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Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Anedot

LGBTQ+ older adults live at intersections of race, ethnicity, class, culture, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, spirituality, and ability. Education and healthcare are top-notch, with renowned institutions like UCSF Medical Center and a range of excellent public and private schools.

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Redesigning the Birth Experience of Native Parents: A Case Study of Community Codesign

NonProfit Quarterly

Rather, it shifts into a different sort of navigation: the too-common experience of being a Native person in a healthcare system that is mostly unaware of the historical trauma and cultural traditions that infuse the birth experience of Native people. And that negotiation does not end at the hospital door.

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