Tag Archives: advocacy
The Devastating Impacts of State-led Abortion Bans
On September 28, 2022, I had the pleasure of delivering a roundtable discussion at The Uplift Connection’s 2022 Maternal and Infant Health Convening on the devastating impacts of state-led abortion bans. Factors were mapped using the socio-ecological model, included below, along with a list of references. I’m hopeful this post may spur greater research, especially […]
Making Decisions and Gaining Agreement to Solve Complex Health Problems
For two weeks in the beginning of early January 2020, I was on campus at Johns Hopkins University attending a course entitled “Problem Solving in Public Health”. During this course, we were given a breadth of knowledge into various health care issues (e.g. infectious diseases outbreaks, health finance, environmental disasters, etc.) and taught an effective […]
Heartland Regional Health Equity Council Member!
For a term of three years (2018-2021), I’ve been voted to serve with some of the Heartland’s key health stakeholders throughout the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region-VII district as a member of the Heartland Regional Health Equity Council (RHEC-VII). The mission of the Council is to increase collective leadership actions to promote […]
Working to Improve Health care Access for Missourians
In continuing my professional goal to help improve health care access for all Missourians, I’ve recently accepted a position with the Missouri Foundation for Health as a Health Policy Officer. This position will support the Missouri Foundation for Health’s policy portfolio, specifically with it’s expanding coverage mission, which aims to meet the goal of reaching less than […]
Missouri’s lack of protection for LGBT people creates problems without easy solutions
Originally posted on STLPublicRadio.org By: Durrie Bouscaren Sometimes, state and federal law are in conflict. Rules for the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is one example. Even though the federal government prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity on many counts, Missouri state law does not include those […]
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