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Black and Transgender people are tired of death statistics.

Death statistics are omnipresent in clinical education materials as well as in the media. Calculating health disparities is a useful way to measure progress toward health equity, but sharing these statistics with patients can be tricky.

2/8/2023

Black and Transgender people are tired of death statistics.

Black History Month | Violet presents Everyday People

This Black History Month, Violet asked anonymous Black patients to share their stories about positive or negative experiences in health care. Black contributors read their anonymous stories in a new audio series spotlighting patient voices: Everyday People.

2/3/2023

Black History Month | Violet presents Everyday People

6 tips for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ cultural competence training.

Cultural competence can help your team overcome the many obstacles presented in staffing, patient retention, and more.

12/22/2022

6 tips for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ cultural competence training.

What is Transgender Day of Remembrance?

To liberate the most marginalized is to liberate us all.

11/20/2022

As a disabled Afro-Latine Transgender person, I find liberation in the Embodied Care Movement.

For oppressed people, decolonizing health care isn’t a political stance–it’s necessary for our survival.

10/13/2022

As a disabled Afro-Latine Transgender person, I find liberation in the Embodied Care Movement.

Misinformation and homophobia in the time of monkeypox (MPV).

The spread of misinformation can have a dangerous impact on culturally diverse communities.

9/7/2022

Misinformation and homophobia in the time of monkeypox (MPV).

What does BIPOC mean?

Learn more about what makes BIPOC an inclusive term that many people prefer when referring to their racial identity, and what factors drove its increased usage.

8/31/2022

Doctors, can you identify monkeypox (MPV) in dark skin tones?

The online tool by Violet and Health In Her HUE includes images of clinical signs and symptoms of monkeypox (MPV) in Black and Brown skin.

8/9/2022

Doctors, can you identify monkeypox (MPV) in dark skin tones?

How clinicians can honor Indigenous patients.

Upholding Indigenous traditions in care settings is a small step in decolonizing health care and showing respect.

8/9/2022

How clinicians can honor Indigenous patients.

I’m celebrating this Disability Pride Month by coming out.

I live day-to-day with chronic pain and chronic anxiety that the pain I’m feeling is an indication of something more.

7/28/2022

I’m celebrating this Disability Pride Month by coming out.

Violet’s internal guide to language: Part 2

The language we use matters when describing those who may experience discrimination in health care settings.

7/25/2022

Violet’s internal guide to language: Part 2

Life post-Roe: Prepare for a worsening Black maternal health crisis.

Social determinants of health are rooted in this country’s racism and we cannot ignore it as we’ll begin to see starker maternal health disparities than ever before in recent history. The sooner we join Black advocates and work towards abortion access for all, the sooner we can overcome inequities and give patients the care they deserve.

7/20/2022

Life post-Roe: Prepare for a worsening Black maternal health crisis.

What we can do differently during National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and beyond.

We're bringing much-needed attention to the specific mental health challenges of BIPOC communities across the United States. During this awareness month, it is vital to reevaluate mental health care for BIPOC communities.

7/18/2022

What we can do differently during National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and beyond.

The minority stress framework and LGBTQIA+ mental health.

Jack Turban, psychiatrist, explains the minority stress framework and its effect on LGBTQIA+ people.

6/28/2022

The minority stress framework and LGBTQIA+ mental health.

Celebrate AAPI month by looking forward in the rear-view mirror.

Jennifer Lagemann—a first-generation American and health care writer—shares her family’s experience as an Asian American during AAPI Heritage Month.

5/23/2022

Celebrate AAPI month by looking forward in the rear-view mirror.

All therapists can work with clients of the BIPOC community.

Kaylyn Williams, a behavioral health therapist with Brightline, discusses ways to be more culturally competent with BIPOC patients.

5/16/2022

All therapists can work with clients of the BIPOC community.

3 ways to provide better health care to women.

Here's how you can help women this International Women's Day.

3/8/2022

3 ways to provide better health care to women.

Supporting diverse communities.

At Violet we take an intersectional approach to recognizing patient identities. Here's more about how we conceptualize the communities we support

12/28/2021

The cultural competence umbrella.

Violet's approach to codifying cultural competence

7/11/2021

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BIPOC.

Black and Transgender people are tired of death statistics.

Black History Month | Violet presents Everyday People