Urged on by LGBTQ+ Activists, California Cities Weigh Stricter Smoking Rules
High rates of smoking in the LGBTQ+ community, and the ease with which young people can buy a range of nicotine products, is leading several Northern California cities to consider new restrictions on cigarettes, vapes, and cigars.
New Medicare Advantage Plans Tailor Offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+
As more seniors opt for Medicare Advantage, a few small insurers have begun offering plans that provide culturally targeted benefits for cohorts including Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+ people. The approach, policy researchers say, has potential and perils.
Nuevos planes de Medicare Advantage adaptan ofertas para asi谩ticos, latinos y LGTBQ+
A medida que Medicare Advantage gana popularidad entre los adultos mayores, tres compa帽铆as del sur de California est谩n lanzando nuevos planes que se enfocan en comunidades culturales y 茅tnicas, con ofertas especiales y profesionales que hablan su idioma nativo.
Programa forma m茅dicos multiculturales, pero no siempre ejercen en 谩reas vulnerables
Investigadores han descubierto que el programa ha logrado diversificar la inscripci贸n, pero no hay suficiente seguimiento a largo plazo para saber si estos graduados ejercen en las regiones donde m谩s se necesitan.
A California Physician Training Program Adds Diversity, but Where Do Graduates End Up?
Researchers found that, while a University of California medical training program has diversified the system鈥檚 pool of medical students, there鈥檚 not enough long-term data to know whether graduates return to practice where they鈥檙e needed most.
Nurses and Docs at Long Beach Center 鈥楥onsider It an Honor鈥 to Care for Migrant Children
Health care workers find it easy to empathize with Central American children after their painful journeys to the U.S.
Using Stories To Mentally Survive As A COVID-19 Clinician
The practice of narrative medicine helps health care professionals hear the life stories behind a patient鈥檚 immediate complaints. Some doctors are finding that these skills also provide an alcove of needed reflection amid the pandemonium of COVID-19.
鈥榃arm鈥 Hotlines Deliver Help Before Mental Health Crisis Heats Up
鈥淲armlines鈥 are phone lines or electronic chat options for people who are not having a full-blown mental health crisis but who could use support to stave off one. They are a growing trend in mental health outreach to supplement existing hotlines, with one successful warmline in the Bay Area recently expanding to cover all of California.
