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Fighting inequality, promoting health equity in Delaware – 47abc
Advocates discuss importance of heath accessibility in marginalized communities
DOVER, Del. – April is National Minority Health Month, and advocacy groups have been hosting events to educate the community.
The discussion of health equity has been permeating throughout the nation, especially when it comes to the inequalities that minority communities face. Local groups have banned together to address this current situation that is affecting all parts of the country.
The Division of Health and Human Services sponsored a Health Equity Summit this week in Dover. The conference focused on LGBTQ+ health equity, but also discussed issues that affect age, race, and ethnicity. They also partnered with other activist organizations such as Sussex Pride, to further their reach in the community.
David Mariner, Executive Director, describes what he believes are pertinent issues in the area: “To be honest, I don’t know of many LGBTQ+ folks that are going to that conference because there aren’t many LGBTQ+ organizations that are funded to do health work here in Delaware, and that needs to change.”
Assistant Secretary of Health Admiral Rachel L. Levine, who has gone on record for speaking out against health disparages in the Transgender and minority communities, was a guest speaker at the Summit. In recent years, Admiral Levine said, “Despite the progress that has been made, the most vulnerable among us continue to suffer, including transgender women of color, transgender youth, transgender immigrants, and so much more. We must do more. We need to create healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy nation for all.”
Mariner went on the describe some of the things Secretary Levine has accomplished in other areas. “Dr. Rachel Levine, when she was in Pennsylvania, did all of the things that Delaware has not yet done around health equity for LGBT folks. They have a governor’s commission on LGBTQ health equity, they release regular health reports to identify health disparities, and they commit financial resources to that work.”
Members of the community may be asking: what is health equity and what does this mean for our community?
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services describes health equity as the absence of systematic disparities in health between groups with different levels of underlying social advantage or disadvantage. This can be a mix of wealth, power, or prestige. Social Determinants of Health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and worship, that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
The ultimate question is, can we as a collective achieve health equity? According to the CDC, health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.”
Many lawmakers and grassroots organizations are determined to push for equity and stand against health inequality.
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After a bacterial contamination led to a massive recall of infant formula in 2022, parents faced widespread shortages and price hikes. Formula is still unaffordable for many new parents. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in just the past year, the cost of baby food and formula has gone up more than 8%.
The First State is giving away the last of the infant formula it had ordered from overseas last year as part of an initiative by Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long to get the food to desperate parents unable to find it on grocery shelves.
That effort saw 44,000 canisters of formula shipped into Delaware from Australia last year. Parents in high-poverty areas were first limited to one 28-ounce can, but that limit has since been removed. There are about 12,500 canisters left, with statewide distribution points. This size canister can produce 20–24 bottles, Hall-Long said.
One of those distribution partners is the Food Bank of Delaware. CEO Cathy Kanefsky said that while supply has rebounded, scarcity is still an issue.
“If you don’t find it, call the Food Bank because we can make sure that we do have it,” she said at a Harper’s Heart event to raise public awareness of the state’s remaining cache of formula. “We do mobile distributions throughout the communities in Delaware as well. But again, we want to make sure that it’s not in a truck or on a shelf, it’s in your home.”
Abbott Nutrition voluntarily recalled several infant formulas in early 2022, leading to nationwide supply disruptions across the U.S. In a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission in March, the agency blamed the concentration of the market as a contributing factor. Abbott, Mead Johnson and Gerber controlled about 84% of the manufacturing of formula that year.
In a statement accompanying the report, members of the FTC said “families often have little choice when it comes to infant formula brands and can be highly sensitive to price hikes and supply disruptions.” There are also specialty types of formulas which can be more sensitive to supply changes because they help babies who have special needs, including digestive issues, allergies and metabolic disorders.
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Delaware's oldest Black men's organization The Monday Club visits President Biden at the White House
Thursday, May 2, 2024 2:18AM
The Monday Club was invited to Washington D.C. There, they took some of the First State’s most pressing issues to President Joe Biden.
DELAWARE (WPVI) — Delaware’s oldest Black men’s organization recently got a seat at the table in the White House.
The Monday Club was invited to Washington D.C. There, they took some of the First State’s most pressing issues to President Joe Biden.
The group also discusses the increased traffic that the port of Wilmington is now seeing since the March collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
Action News’ Christie Ileto has more on the Monday Club and their trip to D.C. in the video above.
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