Last month, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) convened over 200 community and healthcare leaders at our biennial conference Voices for Change: Mobilizing for Health Equity. At a time when we have seen attack after attack against the health and…
CPEHN staff were co-authors of a new research brief: “Managing Diversity to Eliminate Disparities: A Framework for Health,” featured in the September 2018 issue of Health Affairs. The brief used statewide health data to examine health care access, and quality…
Despite rising uninsurance rates nationally, a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that California continued to make historic gains in the effort to reduce the state’s uninsured rate. According to the data released, California’s uninsured rate fell to…
Homelessness and Health Mr. James was cold. An internal body temperature of 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit qualifies as severe hypothermia. When I first met him in the Emergency Department, his grey hair was poking out from under a warming blanket. Warm…
Treating and Streeting Vulnerable Patients – Inhumane and Ineffective By: John Landefeld, MD MS Healing is hard work for patients and clinicians, and leaving the hospital can be just the beginning of a long and complicated recovery process. As a…
The latest issue of our Health Equity Forum newsletter came out today and it includes several great articles and dozens of resources! CPEHN’s Executive Director, Sarah de Guia, opens the newsletter affirms CPEHN’s commitment to mobilize and unite our communities for better health for all. …
Updated on January 8, 2018 to include recommendations made by Maternal and Child Health Access We are excited to announce, in a joint statement with Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles and Justice in Aging, that beginning January 1, 2018, adults…
Tomorrow kicks-off the fifth year of open enrollment for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In past years, the beginning of open enrollment coincided with a groundswell of digital, TV, radio, and in-person outreach. Instead, a few weeks ago…
Yesterday, the GOP took the first step towards slashing health care from millions of people to fund a trillion dollar tax break for the wealthy. The House voted 216 to 212 to pass the Senate’s federal budget resolution with all 14 House…
Over the past two days, California’s “Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage” heard testimony from key policy experts summarizing the state’s current health care delivery system and universal coverage systems around the world. Sarah de…