Chairperson- Mrs. Janice Berry
The Health Committee: (1) works to promote, protect and maintain the health of African Americans; (2) assesses the health needs of the community; (3) advocates for equal access to health education, care, treatment and research for all Americans; (4) sponsors health-related activities such as health forums, fairs and workshops, highlighting issues of importance to people of color, and (5) supports health initiatives of the NAACP.
Children’s positive experiences or protective factors can prevent children from experiencing adversity & can protect against many of the negative health & life outcomes even after adversity has occurred. Safe, stable, nurturing relationships & environments may help to: reduce the occurrence of ACEs, reduce the negative effects of ACEs, improve physical, cognitive, & emotional outcomes throughout a child’s life, reduce health inequities, & have a cumulative impact on health. ACEs, and other toxic stressors, has been shown to impact families from all socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read this masterful book.
We’re here to navigate this disease together.
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African Americans live with a greater burden of disease than whites, and as we’re seeing more and more of our chronic conditions place us at increased risk for complications from COVID-19. The NAACP is calling for the expansion of Medicaid as a short-term measure to cover healthcare for those who are impacted by the pandemic.
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