by Isaiah Dominguez | Jan 21, 2020 | CHNA, DEI
For too many, childhood trauma is an unfortunate reality, and for even more Americans it’s part of a growing public health crisis. Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs), such as the imprisonment of a parent, divorce, or abuse of any kind are tragically common for children...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Jan 10, 2020 | CHNA, DEI, Patient Experience, Utility
The United States, by its very nature, constantly undergoes significant demographic change. By 2050, the current minorities, or non-white population, in the United States will become the majority, according to a 2019 study. However, population statistics alone won’t...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Dec 5, 2019 | CHNA
In the PRC National Health Survey, over two-thirds of American adults are classified as “overweight,” (67.8%) with almost half of those two-thirds also being “obese” (32.8%). These numbers read particularly concerning when considering the positive correlation between...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Oct 28, 2019 | CHNA, Consumer & Brand, DEI
Your ability to read and comprehend the intricacies of this blog and most of PRC’s publications may seem like a given. Much of our audience is college-educated, but many of you, especially those working with patients, regularly encounter illiterate adults and may not...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Sep 19, 2019 | CHNA
Watch Now Two heads are better than one. The people behind the WNC Health Network took that sentiment to heart and applied the spirit of collaboration to their Community Health Needs Assessments to identify and solve health problems in their community. Join Marian...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Aug 27, 2019 | CHNA
In the spring of my freshman year of college, I decided to give up social media for Lent. I knew that my relationship with it wasn’t great—it interrupted my focus in lecture and kept me up with late night scrolling—but I wasn’t at all aware of how it affected my...