Bridges To Health
Pass AB 2758 to give health care reform a boost in California
Apr 07, 2010 — Greenlining Institute
By Hector J. Preciado
THE NATIONAL Health Care Ref... [ More ]
National Health Care Reform Highlights Need for California Rate Regulation
Mar 26, 2010 — THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
A Multi-Ethnic Public Policy, Research and Advocacy Institute
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Survey Finds Overwhelming Majority of Americans Believe Special Interests Hindering Health Care Reform
Sep 14, 2009 — MEDIA CONTACT: Bailey Gilchrist
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“Unpacking Asian American Diversity”
Closing Data Gaps: Shifting the Perspective on AA/NHPI University of California Medical Student Representation, is...
“Beyond the Stimulus: Opportunities & Challenges in Reforming our National Healthcare System”
Even in the face of economic and financial turmoil, President Obama is lifting health care reform to a top nationa...
“Medicare Part D”
The study was lead by the National Senior Citizens Law Center, The Greenlining
Institute, the National Health...
“REPRESENTING THE NEW MAJORITY Part III”
A Status Report on the Diversity of the University of California Medical Student Body. This is the third and fina...
“Pipeline Program Updated”
“San Joaquin Villas Health Impact Assesment”
This is the executive summary to the health impact assessment conducted to evaluate the intersection between hou...
“SAN JOAQUIN VILLAS Health Impact Report”
Over 6.5 million people currently live in California’s Central Valley. It is projected that at least 11 mi...
“Medicare I - Brief”
“Faculty Diversity Report”
This report serves as the second installment of the Representing the New Majority series, which examines the raci...
“Toward Fair Cures: Diversity Policies in Stem Cell Research”
What if a cure existed for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, blindness, HIV/AIDS, and many other debilitating dise...
“Economic Development and Stem Cell Research”
What if a cure existed for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, blindness, HIV/AIDS, and many other debilitating dise...
“Social Benefits and Private Investments”
On April 20, 2007, The Greenlining Institute, the Bay Area Coalition
to Increase Diversity in the Health Wor...
“A Status Report on Career Staff Diversity at the University of California”
It is economically imperative for the University of California to meaningfully address the vast minority populati...
Bridges To Health
Our Goal is to promote policies that create and empower healthy communities.
Greenlining leverages the success of our other programs to demonstrate that health and economic conditions are interconnected - The wealthier we are, the healthier we will be, and vice versa.
-- Hector Preciado, Bridges to Health
The Greenlining Institute provides a unique advocacy voice on health issues. Their unique perspective and approach opens doors that lead to more health opportunities.
-Gil Ojeda, Director, California Program on Access to Care
Greenlining's report on UC medical student diversity has led to numerous conversations and strategies to address the underrepresentation of communities of color in medical schools.
-Kevin Grumbach, MD, Professor and Chair, UCSF
People of color are:
- More likely to live in the most polluted urban and rural areas in the United States
- Less likely to have access to quality, culturally competent health care
- Less likely to have health insurance
- More likely to die of preventable diseases
- More likely to drop out of the middle class due to healthcare costs
- Less represented among health professionals
- More likely to give back to their communities as health professionals
- More likely to have negative health outcomes
Greenlining approaches these disparities by:
- Supporting and developing policies that affect and improve health outcomes.
- Engaging companies in health workforce development and diversity.
- Conducting research and drawing attention to health disparities.
- Leading coalitions to work together to develop pipeline programs in the health workforce.
2009 Accomplishments and Achievements
- Engaged pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in dialogues about diversity and community benefits.
- Testified before the California Senate Health Committee and the Assembly Select Committee on Workforce Diversity.
- Took leadership of the Pipeline Evaluation Learning Community, an effort to improve the evaluation capacity of Bay Area health professions pipeline programs.
- Led a workshop on national healthcare reform at The California Wellness Foundation's annual conference.