Analysis: MA communities already facing challenges hit hardest by COVID-19
In Massachusetts, the overall mortality rate during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic was highest in cities, towns, and ZIP codes with widespread economic segregation and heavy concentrations of poverty, people of color, and crowded housing, according…
COVID-19 pandemic highlights longstanding health inequities in U.S.
Preliminary data has shown that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than whites, even though they make up a smaller percentage of the population. Nancy Krieger says that the pandemic is highlighting health inequities that…
Viewpoint: Encouraging health professionals’ civic engagement to address health impact of climate crisis
Health professionals who want to address the effects of the climate crisis on the health of people and the planet should become more civically engaged.
Exploring the societal systems behind health inequities
Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and gender binarism (the idea that there are only two genders) can lead to health inequities. A new paper from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Nancy Krieger offered concepts and methods for characterizing…
Renewal of NIEHS grant paves way for new research on how complex environmental exposures affect health
August 8, 2019 – With the renewal of a major federal grant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health will focus on a broad new objective—the exploration of how a wide variety of…
Could the Trump presidency be making Latinos sick?
Researchers have found correlations between the election of Donald Trump and worsening health in the U.S.—especially among Latinos. A new study found a connection between the 2016 presidential election and an increase in preterm births among Latina women…
How inaccurate census data can harm public health
In the midst of the current controversy over whether the 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship, Nancy Krieger of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health wrote in a new paper that inadequate census data…
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Premature birth rates rose after 2016 election—especially among Latina women
Rates of preterm births in New York City increased after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, particularly among foreign-born Hispanic women, suggesting that severe sociopolitical stressors contributed to the increase, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H.…
Sexual assault, harassment linked with long-term health problems in women
Women in mid-life who are survivors of sexual assault and harassment can experience long-term physical and mental health problems including high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and insomnia, according to a new study. Co-authored by Karestan Koenen, professor of…