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Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards and Special Public Health Grand Rounds

May 09 12:00 PM

Class of '62 Auditorium

This year’s keynote speaker Jannette Berkley-Patton, PhD, professor in the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Department and director of the...



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New Study Explores Barriers and Facilitators to Quality Healthcare Among Incarcerated African Americans

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Hands holding prison barsWith more than 1.9 million incarcerated individuals in the U.S., African Americans are 5.9 times more likely to be incarcerated. A new study titled "Barriers and Facilitators to Quality Healthcare for African Americans with Incarceration Histories," published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, examines the impact of the lack of quality health care among these individuals during and after incarceration and the need to address barriers to access. 

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