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Want to help fight for health justice? It may be time to listen
A pandemic, protests and politics have highlighted the nation's long-standing, deep-seated racial issues and how they affect the health of millions of Americans.
Source: American Heart Association News
6 Apr 2021
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New Faculty with Expertise in Racism and Health Joining YSPH
The Yale School of Public Health will welcome two new faculty members with expertise in racism and health in the coming academic year.
19 Mar 2021
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Black Medicare Patients Have Higher Long-term Stroke Death Rates
A long-term study of Medicare patients finds that Black patients who have an ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain) die at a higher rate than white patients, even after accounting for preexisting health conditions, a preliminary study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds.
15 Mar 2021
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Three Decades Devoted to Brazil
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla has spent a significant amount of time over the past 30 years in South America’s largest country, Brazil, where he has worked with colleagues to improve health outcomes and also help to train a cadre of health professionals.
10 Mar 2021
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Keeping Health Equity at the Forefront
Assistant Professor Adjunct Tekisha Everette is addressing the disproportionate impacts some U.S. policies are having on the lives of minoritized individuals.
25 Feb 2021
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Health Equity: What It Means and Why It Matters
Helping those hit harder by COVID-19
Source: Yale Medicine
2 Feb 2021
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Yale School of Public Health Launches U.S. Health and Justice Concentration
The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) is launching a new U.S. Health and Justice Concentration for students interested in addressing the vast, persistent and systemic health inequities that exist in the United States.
18 Aug 2020
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Marcella Nunez-Smith Named Associate Dean for Health Equity Research
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, has been appointed the inaugural associate dean for health equity research. She will oversee the coordination and support of health equity research at Yale School of Medicine.
14 Aug 2020
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Staying Home Without a Home: The Housing Crisis and COVID-19
Since the early days of the United States’ COVID-19 pandemic, state and local officials have raised concerns about the unique challenges that the virus poses to individuals who lack a place to call home. The challenges of “sheltering in place” for those who lack shelter are abundantly clear. Indeed, several cities are reporting high numbers of cases among individuals staying in homeless shelters and on the street. Some local governments have worked to mitigate this problem by finding temporary sources of housing in hotels and other properties.
Source: Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health
29 Apr 2020
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The New Politics of Care
The right response to COVID-19 is to rebuild our economy from the ground up, putting people to work in a massive jobs program to secure the public health of all.
Source: Boston Review
27 Apr 2020
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Markets v. Lives
Claims that the cure is worse than the disease rely on a false tradeoff between human needs and the economy.
Source: Boston Review
27 Mar 2020
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Alone Against the Virus
Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.
Source: Boston Review
13 Mar 2020
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Click, Click, Cook: Online Grocery Shopping Leaves ‘Food Deserts’ Behind
A Yale University analysis found that most people in “food deserts” in eight states would increase their access to healthy, nutritious food if they purchase groceries online and had the food delivered as part of the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
2 Dec 2019
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Blacks, Poor At Higher Risk Of Heart Disease; Overall Death Rate Falls
The death rate from heart disease plummeted nationally over several decades for all racial and ethnic groups, but the rate of decline has slowed slightly and African Americans and low-income individuals are still at a higher risk of developing the disease and dying from it, according to a report from the National Center of Health Statistics.
Source: The CT Mirror
8 Sep 2019
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Ebola Outbreaks Are About Inequality
YSPH Alum Katherine Walter writes about ebola and health equity.
Source: The New Republic
8 Aug 2019
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Mayur Desai Appointed YSPH Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mayur Desai, an associate professor in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, has been appointed as the Yale School of Public Health’s inaugural associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
2 Jul 2019
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YSPH, Griffin Receive Nearly $3.75 Million from CDC for Prevention Research Center
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the Yale School of Public Health and Griffin Hospital up to $3.75 million over the next five years for its Prevention Research Center.
20 May 2019
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Racial Disparities Persist in Access to Kidney Transplants
In a new study of patients awaiting kidney transplants, Yale researchers found significant racial disparities. This occurred despite a new system designed to reduce inequities, the researchers said.
3 Apr 2019
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Study links insurance coverage to access to hospital care
A Yale-led study reveals disparities in access to hospital care linked with insurance coverage.
1 Apr 2019
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Junk Food Companies Spend Billions Of Dollars On Ads Targeting Black Children
Black teens saw more than twice as many television ads for fast food, candy, sugary drinks and unhealthy snacks compared with white teens in 2017, according to a new study.
Source: Huffington Post
15 Jan 2019