Jori Fortson

Past Fellow

Jori Fortson graduated from Boston University School of Public Health with her MPH in 2020 with certificates in community assessment, program design, implementation, and evaluation and maternal and child health. As a student, she was a 2019 PHP writing fellow. She is broadly interested in racial and ethnic health inequities.

Jori's Work:

03.02.2020 a spoon with food on it

WIC Helps

A new food package for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children was linked to improvements in maternal and infant health.

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02.28.2020 a flag with stars on it

Immigration and Adolescent Health

The first study measuring a sample before and after the 2016 election finds an increase in anxiety symptoms among teens worrying about immigration policies.

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02.26.2020 a prison cell with bars

Sexual Assault Behind Bars

While gaps in institutional responses to sexual assault existed for all women, injustice was exacerbated for Black women.

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02.24.2020 two girls walking on a blue surface

Girl, Grown, and Woman

For Black females, health disparities are not attributable to behavioral differences but rather social forces and sexual development across the life course.

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01.28.2020 a graph of a number of women

Sexual Assault While Serving

The Department of Defense will encourage reporting, connect survivors to services, and hold offenders accountable in response to sexual assault.

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01.24.2020 a house with graffiti on it

Health Equity

Rating Health After Redlining

Redlining, a vehicle of structural racism, is associated with slower neighborhood foreclosure recovery and poorer self-rated health among Detroit residents.

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