Health and Racial Disparities: Importance of Accurate and Reliable Ethnicity, Race, and Language Data.

Accurate demographic data are essential to identify and monitor differences, trends, and changes in diabetes-related conditions between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs). It also provides pertinent information to reduce health and racial disparities among English- and Spanish-speakers. The study's design was a quantitative cross-sectional one.

COVID-19 survey among NYC non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes.

Objectives: To better understand the knowledge, practice, importance, awareness, usefulness, and confidence of non-Hispanic Black and English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey study design was used and descriptive statistics was conducted.

Sample: Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes were recruited from three New York City public hospitals.

Advocacy and policy in action: Developing a financial and healthcare safety net for nurses.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has opened a dialogue regarding advocacy and policy changes that need to occur at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure provisions for the financial and healthcare well-being of nurses. Often nurses struggle as the "breadwinners" in their families caring for multiple generations, thus leading them to live paycheck to paycheck.

Design: A review of current and proposed policy changes.