Tag: equity
10 Essential Public Health Services (#7): Enable equitable access
Many people in the United States don’t get the necessary health care services. Some numerous gaps and barriers limit access to care. For example, many people travel long distances to receive primary care and behavioral health services because of provider shortages.
Jan 20, 2025
10 Essential Public Health Services (#6): Utilize legal and regulatory actions
Essential Service 6 emphasizes the role of public health in enforcing and educating others about public health laws. This service includes ensuring that public health laws are applied equitably to protect the public’s health, conducting enforcement and education activities, and licensing and monitoring the quality of healthcare services. It also includes reviewing new drug and […]
Jan 20, 2025
Part of the UNMC Hiring for Excellence Module series, created to inspire and instill better, more inclusive hiring practices. This module gives an overview of biases and the role they can play in our personal and professional lives. Learners identify common causes of biases and how to mitigate their effects.
Jan 9, 2023
Part of the UNMC Hiring for Excellence Module series, created to inspire and instill better, more inclusive hiring practices. This module will cover how to write a job description and common ways that implicit biases can influence our selection criteria.
Jan 9, 2023
Part of the UNMC Hiring for Excellence Module series, created to inspire and instill better, more inclusive hiring practices. This module covers ways that unconscious biases can affect letters of support, including recommendations, to allow for more objectivity when screening candidates.
Jan 9, 2023
Part of the UNMC Hiring for Excellence Module series, created to inspire and instill better, more inclusive hiring practices. This module will cover interview methods to result in a more informed selection of candidates, including the creation of an interview guide. This module also includes information on how to create interview questions.
Jan 9, 2023