Allyship Toolkit.

For providers exploring power, privilege, health equity, and community-centered allyship.

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Your LGBTQIA+ patients need more than rainbows.

Pride Month is a chance to center and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities, but rainbow-washing—when businesses virtue signal with rainbow imagery—has become a trend in recent years. How can we better understand this issue, and more importantly, what are the ways we can prevent it?

6/8/2023

Your LGBTQIA+ patients need more than rainbows.

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.

Pronouns matter in health care (and everywhere).

A significant number of patients have reported negative experiences in health care settings due to their gender identity. It's time for a change.

1/27/2023

Pronouns matter in health care (and everywhere).

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).

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.

Violet’s internal guide to inclusive language: Part 1

Violet is publishing our own internal guide to inclusive language which includes definitions and usage for gender and sexuality terminology.

6/15/2022

Violet’s internal guide to inclusive language: Part 1

Everyone can be an ally for gender-affirming health care. Here’s how to start.

B. Harriman writes of how to make gender-affirming health care a great experience from start to finish.

3/31/2022

Everyone can be an ally for gender-affirming health care. Here’s how to start.

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.

What we mean when we say “Support Transgender Youth”.

We sat down with Jessica Halem to discuss the anti-trans bills.

3/3/2022

What we mean when we say “Support Transgender Youth”.

Violet against “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” & “Stop WOKE Act” bills.

We stand against the two discriminatory bills in Florida.

2/25/2022

Violet against “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” & “Stop WOKE Act” bills.

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

Understanding pronouns.

What they are, why they matter, and what to do if you make a mistake.

6/29/2021

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Recent posts

Building an inclusive culture with the Director of Health Equity at Maven Clinic.

We sat down with Dawn Godbolt, PhD to chat about all things health equity.

9/20/2023

What you need to know about Medi-Cal’s DEI training requirements.

Pretty soon, California will be enacting some new regulations around DEI training for providers. Here's what we know.

9/13/2023

Stand out to employers and payors for your commitment to inclusive care.

Stand up for health equity.

7/31/2023

Twelve digital health orgs continue commitment to health equity with Violet.

Violet forms twelve new digital health partnerships in first half of 2023, furthering their mission to measure, grow, and recognize inclusive providers in health care.

7/21/2023

What New York’s new CON law and health equity assessment means for you.

Key takeaways from New York’s CON law and health equity impact assessment.

6/21/2023

Your LGBTQIA+ patients need more than rainbows.

Pride Month is a chance to center and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities, but rainbow-washing—when businesses virtue signal with rainbow imagery—has become a trend in recent years. How can we better understand this issue, and more importantly, what are the ways we can prevent it?

6/8/2023

New study reveals unlocked inclusive care ability & increased health outcomes.

New study from health equity platform Violet reveals 145% in unlocked inclusive care ability and increased health outcomes for Octave.

5/9/2023

What are Violet Benchmarks?

Violet has created a standardization of cultural competence, called Violet Benchmarks, that powers the first-ever infrastructure for inclusive care.

5/8/2023

How to decrease no-show rates & improve patient retention.

There are a number of factors that contribute to missed appointments, such as social determinants of health, which are the environmental and community conditions that affect a person’s life and wellbeing. Here are tips to get patients through the door.

5/8/2023

The Dos and Don’ts of building an inclusive digital health org.

Creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive health care requires ongoing effort. Here are tips to get started.

5/8/2023

TGNC.

Your LGBTQIA+ patients need more than rainbows.

Black and Transgender people are tired of death statistics.

Pronouns matter in health care (and everywhere).