Exploring universities’ troubling ties to slavery
Historians and scholars shed light on how universities benefited from slavery at a recent conference that drew hundreds to Radcliffe’s Knafel Center. The day-long event, held March 3, 2017 and sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,…
‘Hot-spotting,’ how gun violence spreads, and living in America on $2 a day
1,000 experts converge to examine how to improve the health of society’s most vulnerable November 2, 2016 – In Camden, New Jersey—one of the poorest cities in the U.S.—a unique coalition of health care providers and community representatives…
Rate of serious injuries caused by police, security guards may be rising
The rate of serious injuries caused by police and/or security guards appears to have risen nearly 50% between 2001 and 2014, according to a new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study of emergency room visits at…
Tracking police killings and police deaths
In a special episode we examine how the state of Tennessee is taking action to more accurately track police deaths and police killings—and explore how that could lead to changes in how police forces operate.
Police killings, police deaths a public health issue
Black men, compared to white men, were from five to 19 times at greater risk of a law enforcement-related death over the past 50 years, according to study led by Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology at Harvard…
Zeroing in on health inequality through a public health lens
April 28, 2016 — Growing up in Montana, Hank Rosen became aware at a young age of the small sliver of circumstance that can separate a healthy and an unhealthy life. He made countless visits to the legislative…
Improving health among homeless people
April 20, 2016 – During the decade she spent as a physician assistant at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Jill Roncarati saw, up close and personal, the ravages people suffered when they had no place to live.…
Law enforcement-related deaths discussed in reddit ‘AMA’
Why should law enforcement-related deaths be treated as a public health issue? Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology, discussed that topic during a reddit “AMA” (Ask Me Anything) on Thursday, December 17. In a recent paper, Krieger and her research team…
Call for police killings, police deaths to be reported as notifiable weekly public health data
For immediate release: December 8, 2015 Boston, MA – Although no reliable official data currently exist on the number of law enforcement-related deaths each year in the U.S., counting these deaths can and should be done because the…
How racism impacts health
November 3, 2015 — Public health professionals must not be afraid to use the word “racism” when they see health inequities linked to issues like poverty, segregation, and lack of access to care, Mary Travis Bassett, commissioner of…
