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The Health Consequences of Moving from Place to Place

WEBMoving from place to place, from one home to another, has long captured American imaginations. Moving is idealized as a way to pursue a better life, including for …

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Health Equity Scholars Program Scholars Strategy Network

WEBIn 2021, the Scholars Strategy Network, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, debuted the Health Equity Scholar Program. This program kicked off a year of ongoing professional development and …

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How Community Health Workers Help Address the Social …

WEBFinancial constraints, limited access to safe outdoor space, food insecurity, and lack of transportation are just a few of the many …

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Health Care Access: The COVID-19 Health Crisis Explained …

WEBHospitals and health care systems, especially safety-net hospitals, also face unprecedented financial challenges from high costs associated with COVID-19 …

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How Discrimination Hurts Health and Personal Wellbeing

WEBIn addition, discrimination harms health by causing personal distress. Being unfairly fired from a job, for example, hurts a person’s sense of fairness and wellbeing as …

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The Moral and Practical Case for Universal Healthcare …

WEBHigh Costs for Incomplete Coverage. Since 1971, health care spending in the United States has increased by $1,283 for every additional year of life expectancy. Had spending per year of added life …

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How to Address Racial Disparities in End of Life Care

WEBNearly everyone needs health care at some point in their lives, but access to care and quality of care varies widely. Scholars who study such variations find …

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How Better U.S. Food Policies Could Foster Improved …

WEBU.S. efforts to ensure safe and healthy food are falling short. Even as more than 49 million Americans lack access to adequate nutrition, corporations are aggressively marketing …

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Health Reform and the Future of Medical Innovation

WEBThe advance of medical technologies has two implications: people can expect to live longer, and they will also face higher medical bills than their parents and …

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Physical Health and Disability Among U.S. Adults Recently on …

WEBknown about the physical health and disability of this population, with the exception of one analysis from 2009 that found U.S. community supervisees have higher odds of asthma …

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WHY IS PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH CARE IMPORTANT

WEBRead more about how health care quality is defined and assessed in Paul Cleary and Margaret O’Kane, “Evaluating the Quality of Health Care,” in e-Source: Behavioral and …

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What Drives Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prenatal Care for

WEBPrenatal care — health care for pregnant mothers — is one of the most commonly used forms of preventive health care among women of reproductive age. …

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Countering Disparities in Health Care for Sexual Minority Women

WEBHealth disparities – differences in the health status of different groups of people – do not simply occur by chance. Instead, they result from interactions among …

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How the War on Poverty Expanded Care for the Elderly and …

WEBTwo nationwide health insurance programs were launched in 1965 as key parts of the War on Poverty. Medicare provides insurance to help pay for health care for …

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Why Poverty Leads to Obesity and Life-Long Problems

WEBObese young adults are a high risk for ongoing health problems such as cardiovascular disease, depression and certain cancers. Being overweight in young …

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Why Same-Sex Marriage is Important for Good Health

WEBThe health benefits from legal same-sex marriage extend beyond the adults themselves – particularly to the 220,000 children in the United States being raised by …

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How Prisons are Exacerbating Health Inequalities — Especially for …

WEBSkills and health-related knowledge render some better able to advocate for themselves, take up healthy behaviors, and ensure adequate treatment. Second, men …

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Debunking Myths about Mental Illness among Blacks

WEBBlacks with concerns regarding emotional health and mental health are often ridiculed, mocked, and ignored by family and friends. In addition to experiencing …

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How Social and Environmental Factors Affect the Diagnosis and …

WEBPublic health researchers often note that health can be more accurately described by one’s zip code than by one’s genetic code, because people with similar …

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How the Expectation of Strength Harms Black Girls and Women

WEBThere is growing evidence, however, that this burden of strength harms Black women’s mental, emotional, and physical health. My research suggests that the …

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How Catholic Hospitals Restrict Reproductive Health Services

WEBRestricted Care in a Growing Sector. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of Catholic hospitals increased by 16%, while public and secular not-for-profit hospitals decreased. …

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