This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There is a severe school nurse shortage in Chicago public schools, despite there being many reasons for schools to recruit and retain trained, professional nurses. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School-based health centers can provide primary care to students that need it, as well as mental health services that they might not otherwise receive. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new program opens school playgrounds and parks to the public when school isn’t in session – which helps make them greener and more hospitable places…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Wellesley Institute shows that immigrants and women of color are less likely than white Canadians to get breast cancer screenings, which improve survival rates. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Alzheimer’s Association and SAGE reveals the looming concerns of the LGBT community related to dementia: including medical descrimination and isloation as barriers to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · TechCrunch takes a look the most crushing challenges in the world of healthcare that need to be addressed before healthcare startups can truly deliver. · What challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Grantmakers In Health take a look at mixed-income communities and share their findings for health funders to achieve equity and inclusion in care. · What opportunities do mixed-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After recent Democratic debates discussing healthcare coverage, Francie Diep discusses the potential impact of providing healthcare to everyone, including undocumented immigrants. · How would universal healthcare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Healthcare Anchor Network is a community of anchor institutions that commit to investing in place-based health solutions within their communities. • What health anchors are…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Elias Nosrati, Jacob Kang-Brown, Michael Ash, Martin McKee, Michael Marmot, and Lawrence P King investigated the relationship between drug use disorders and economic decline, incarceration rates, and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A school district tried to share wealthy parents’ donations with poor schools. Listen to what happens in this podcast from VOX. • How has school choice shown to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Apoorva Mandavilli explains that because no cleanup effort was ever implemented, the environmental impacts of the Bhopal disaster – a major toxic gas leak in 1984 – are…