Daniel E. Dawes
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Overcoming zero-sum thinking to advance US population health - Nature Medicine
There is broad consensus that the US healthcare system is failing. Policy initiatives to reduce costs and improve healthcare outcomes have been longstanding priorities across presidential administrations, but there has been limited success. The USA continues to achieve worse outcomes than those of comparable high-income countries while spending more on healthcare1.
Wide Awake: The Movement for Health Equity Continues
In 1860, a movement driven by a keen interest in the most pressing social justice issues of that time was born in the United States to increase political engagement and action.
Why Meharry Medical College's new School of Global Health will improve people's lives Original
Daniel Dawes leads Meharry's Global Health Equity Institute, Jonathan Low, MBA, is in Meharry’s Class of 2026, a teaching assistant of the Department of Professional and Medical Education and CEO of Centro Health Solutions. In a groundbreaking move that aligns with its rich history of pioneering education and promoting inclusivity, Meharry Medical College has recently unveiled plans to establish a School of Global Health.
Health Institutions and the Political Determinants of Health
Health institutions, such as hospitals and hospital systems, are investing in programs to address upstream drivers of health. These drivers include the macrolevel forces that comprise social-structural influences on health institutions; government policies; and the social, physical, economic, and environmental factors that affect health.
Confronting the Political Determinants of Gun Violence
Homicide is a leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 45, and there are there are dozens of nonfatal assaults for every single homicide. While guns are not the only vector accounting for these deaths and injuries, they are among the most harmful. There are more than 300 gun-related incidents each day. The disparate burden of violence is carried by communities of color. Black Americans between the age of 15 and 45 are more likely to die from homicide than any other cause.
Race and the Patient-Physician Relationship in 2021
Although nearly 50 years have passed since the article entitled “Does Race Interfere With the Doctor-Patient Relationship?” was published in JAMA in 1973, the question is as relevant today as it was then.1,2 In some ways, many aspects of health care and society have changed, yet in other important ways they have not.
Health Equity Tracker assesses impact of COVID-19 on underserved populations
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Structural medicine: towards an economy of care
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Data and Technology Can Help Us Make Progress on COVID Inequities
The pandemic gives an opportunity to turn the tide for our nation’s most vulnerable communities Credit: Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest chapter in the “Tale of Two Health Systems” saga that has played out in the U.S. during every public health crisis dating back centuries. The pandemic hasdisproportionately devastated communities of color, proving that we can no longer ignore the need to address health inequities in a real way.
What Americans Can Do to Address Systemic Racism and Achieve Health Equity
I can’t breathe! This has become an all too familiar cry for many African Americans who everyday struggle to breathe in a society suffocated by systemic racism and entrenched inequities. They struggle to live in a society that has intentionally erected barrier after barrier intended to weaken their bodies and hasten their deaths.
COVID-19: Black Folks Have Been Trying To Tell You That Data Is Political
Let’s talk about “a crisis within a crisis” that too few policy makers and leaders have been raising. The issue of health inequities during this pandemic. You see, underlining the larger movement in this country to increase access to health services, and improve the quality of care and treatments, has been another movement to advance health equity for all groups. COVID-19 does NOT discriminate, but our current economic and social policies do.
Leading Towards Health Equity: What Juneteenth Means for Health Care
The Meharry School of Global Health is the realization of a promise made by Meharry Medical College almost 150 years ago — a promise born out of the legacy of Juneteenth and the ending of the Civil War. Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. This day holds profound significance in our shared quest for health equity. It reminds us of the enduring legacy of systemic inequities and the ongoing calling to dismantle them, wherever they exist.
On King Day, attack rampant health inequality
Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides Americans with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the civil rights movement —the progress made and the challenges that still linger. As King recognized, there was one form of inequality that was most shocking and inhumane but is continually ignored: injustice in health care.
Racial inequality persists in health care, but this insurance plan is narrowing the gap
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Americans will pause to reflect on the civil rights movement — the progress made and the lingering challenges. Almost 42 years after Dr. King’s untimely passing, the U.S. has made strides toward realizing his vision, but discrimination still exists — both in plain sight and in more subtle ways. It festers in institutions and systems that have been slow to change. It manifests quietly in unconscious biases and entrenched perceptions.
Commentary: Data segmentation, hidden medical records are driving inequity in addiction treatment
When it comes to substance use and addiction, frontline healthcare providers are often in the dark. As our country battles opioid addiction, the healthcare data that doctors, hospitals and public health professionals need is inaccessible. Separate privacy laws that govern access to medical records for substance-use disorders, versus every other medical condition, including HIV/AIDS, mental health and cancer, are affecting how providers treat patients suffering from addiction.
Why Health Equity Matters in an Era of Health Care Transformation
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the AAMC or its members. For more than 150 years, advocates have been waging campaigns for health equity in this country. Relying primarily on moral arguments, these campaigns have tackled inequities in racial and ethnic minority health, women’s health, mental health, children’s health, veterans’ health, rural health, and most recently LGBT health.
Erratum. Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations. Diabetes Care 2018;41;1299-1311
Erratum. Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations. Diabetes Care 2018;41;1299–1311 William T. Cefalu, Daniel E. Dawes, Gina Gavlak, Dana Goldman, William H. Herman, Karen Van Nuys, Alvin C. Powers, Simeon I. Taylor, Alan L. Yatvin Diabetes Care Aug 2018, 41 (8) 1831; DOI: 10.2337/dc18-er08
Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations
ADA Statement Introduction There are more than 30 million Americans with diabetes, a disease that costs the U.S. more than $327 billion per year (1,2). Achieving glycemic control and controlling cardiovascular risk factors have been conclusively shown to reduce diabetes complications, comorbidities, and mortality.
Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations
Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations William T. Cefalu, Daniel E. Dawes, Gina Gavlak, Dana Goldman, William H. Herman, Karen Van Nuys, Alvin C. Powers, Simeon I. Taylor, Alan L. Yatvin, on behalf of the Insulin Access, Affordability Working Group Diabetes Care May 2018, dci180019; DOI: 10.2337/dci18-0019
Repair is the only “R” word that can solve our healthcare woes
Repeal and replace. These two words have been echoing through the halls of Congress and on the campaign trail for years. Since its enactment, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has survived two Supreme Court challenges and more than 60 repeal votes. But, with Republicans running the House, Senate and Oval Office, most people felt it was just a matter of time before this campaign promise became a legislative reality. Not so fast.
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