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Post-surgical racial mortality gap may be narrowing
The post-surgical mortality gap between blacks and whites in the U.S. has declined over time, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online June 5, 2017 in Health…
Biking preferences in lower-income neighborhoods may vary by race
Blacks and Hispanics living in Roxbury, MA, a low-income Boston neighborhood, prefer riding on safe-from-traffic bicycle routes such as cycle tracks—rather than biking with traffic in roadways—and they want more secure places to park their bicycles to prevent…
Cambridge Health Alliance honors David Williams
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) honored David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with its annual Art of Healing Award on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
An invisible evil
Structural racism is often called an invisible evil because it's so pervasive, but also hidden in some ways. It involves interconnected institutions—housing, education, health care—that foster discrimination against racial groups. And this structural racism can play a role…
Study shows state budgets not hurt by Medicaid expansion
The first national study evaluating the impact of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on state spending found that the expansion was fully funded by federal dollars, and states that expanded experienced no significant cutbacks in…
Focus on structural racism essential for advancing health equity
Structural racism—discriminatory practices embedded in systems such as housing, education, and criminal justice—is a root cause of health inequities in the United States, according to a new paper by researchers from the New York City Department of Health…
Living in the shadows: Health of poor urban women often overlooked
March 29, 2017 – An elderly woman struggles to find food, clean water, and a toilet in her slum in India. A Brazilian woman, frightened by violence in her poor section of town, refuses to let a public…
Racism-induced stress linked with high black infant mortality rates
The mortality rate among black infants in the U.S. is more than twice that of white infants—in some urban areas, even higher—and a growing body of evidence suggests that a key factor may be stress among black mothers…
Electronic system lowers wait times for access to specialists
For immediate release: March 6, 2017 Boston, MA – Low-income patients served by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) waited significantly less time to receive specialty care after DHS implemented an electronic system aimed at…
A call for health equity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
It’s important to keep working to decrease health disparities among the nation’s 21 million Asian Americans and 1.5 million Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, according to Howard Koh and John Park of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…