7 ways to fight health inequities
[ Spring 2008 ] Premature death is more than three times more likely to occur in those at the bottom income levels of American society. Even middle-income Americans are more than twice as likely to die earlier than…
Desegregate our healthcare system
If we as a nation are truly committed to putting our legacy of racial segregation behind us, one place to begin is our health care system. While the reasons for lower health status for racial and ethnic minorities…
HSPH research on broad determinants of health disparities featured in health affairs
For immediate release: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Four papers by research faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are featured in the March/April issue of the journal Health Affairs, which focuses on racial, ethnic, and other…